Jeff Ashton to speak at main Orlando library on Monday HAL

(IF LOCAL Might be of interest...wish I could go)

You’ve seen him making the television rounds. Soon, you can see him in person.

Former prosecutor Jeff Ashton will speak at 6 p.m. Monday at the main Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd. The event is free.

Ashton will discuss his book “Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony.” A book sale and a signing will follow his talk.

Ashton says he wrote the book to help give closure to people who followed the case, WKMG-Channel 6’s Tony Pipitone reports.

In July, Anthony was acquitted of murder in the 2008 death of her daughter, Caylee.

Ashton told WKMG that Anthony “an amazingly talented liar” and “very, very self-centered, selfish at her core.” But Pipitone highlighted that Ashton was spreading the blame for Anthony’s acquittal but not sharing in it.

“The reality is we don’t win and lose cases,” Asthon told Pipitone. “The facts win and lose cases.”

As a prosecution mistake, Ashton cited introducing the chloroform searches on the Anthony home computer. Still, Pipitone noted that the mistake “merits only a couple of paragraphs” in Ashton’s book. Pipitone stressed there was just one visit to the site, not the 84 mentioned at trial, and the state never retracted the claim.

Ashton’s TV appearances this week have included “Today,” “Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell,” “The Joy Behar Show” and “Dr. Phil.” The Pipitone interview stood out because he posed tough questions to Ashton.

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