Casey Anthony has spent her first four weeks of freedom living in secrecy, but that obscurity is going to come to an end soon — and so are some of her liberties.Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry ruled Friday that Anthony has until Aug. 26 to turn herself in to the Florida Department of Corrections, which will monitor her for one year while she serves probation.There was confusion last month, when Anthony was released from the Orange County Jail, about whether she would have to serve probation resulting from check-fraud convictions in 2010. Strickland sentenced her to time served in jail followed by one year of probation.But, the Department of Corrections began Anthony's probation while she was an inmate at the Orange County Jail awaiting her first-degree murder trial, and it ended Jan. 24. When Anthony was acquitted on the murder and other serious charges last month, she walked out of the jail a free woman.Soon after, Strickland said he intended for Anthony to serve her probation after she got out of jail — intentions that were clear in video and transcripts from the January 2010 sentencing — and the judge amended his original order.Perry heard arguments last week from Anthony's defense team, who said she already served probation and shouldn't have to serve it again.In his order, Perry said it is clear Anthony's probation was to start once she was released from jail.
– Casey Anthony is still a free woman, just not quite as free as she used to be. A Florida judge ruled today that she must return to Orange County before the end of the month to serve one year of probation, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Because she is the most hated person in America, at least according to this new poll noted by the Los Angeles Times, the court will make an exception and keep her address under wraps. She will have to report once a month to a local probation officer, get a job, and steer clear of drugs. The probation isn't related to her murder trial; it's for a conviction on check fraud charges that occurred before that trial began. Anthony admitted she stole checks from a friend around the time she reported her daughter missing. She has to be back in Florida no later than Aug. 26. As for that most-hated poll, Anthony beat out other luminaries such as Octomom, Spencer Pratt, and OJ Simpson.