For Casey Anthony, society is now a danger

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A big fat book deal? A life in hiding? Motherhood again?

What could the future hold for Casey Anthony when she gets out of jail, perhaps as early as today? A day after she was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in a case that was a coast-to-coast TV sensation, many of those who followed the riveting drama are wondering.

"Anthony will always be dogged by the belief that she killed her child," said Lewis Katz, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "She will never lead a normal life."

In a country known for second acts, never is a strong word. But should she be released at her sentencing today, after nearly three years behind bars, she may be hard-pressed to lead a normal life:

She may have to get out of town. Threats have been made against her, and online she is being vilified. Ti McCleod, who lives a few doors from Anthony's parents, said: "Society is a danger to Casey; she's not a danger to society."

Anthony's family has been fractured by her attorneys' insistence that her father and brother molested her and that her father participated in a cover-up of Caylee's death. On Tuesday, her parents rose from their seats without emotion upon hearing the verdict and left the courtroom ahead of everyone else.

Anthony is a high school dropout who, before her arrest at 22, had limited work experience. Her last job was in 2006, and while she once professed an interest in photography, and found some work in the field, it's not known whether she has skills that could translate into a career.