Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill that reduces security measures at seaports throughout the state by eliminating separate state background checks for port employees. In doing so, Scott has put the safety of Florida residents behind the financial interests of Big Business at a nominal cost savings

Although Judge Belvin Perry appears hopeful that a jury will be impaneled by the end of this week, the media-fueled notoriety of this case since the disappearance of Caylee Anthony in 2008 and the focus on the two-year-old’s mother, defendant Casey Anthony, as a primary suspect in her homicide, has raised significant concerns over the ability to find 20 unbiased jurors and alternates.