State Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, likes the ideas of the presumption of innocence and the burden of proof on the state in murder trials, but now that Casey Anthony has been found not guilty of murdering her daughter, Caylee, by a jury of her peers, he wants a second look.

He wrote to Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, on Thursday, asking for workshop meetings in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee that he chairs.

Here is the letter in full:

Dear President Haridopolos:

Florida and 24 other states have reached a $92 million settlement with banking giant JP Morgan Chase over alleged fraudulent conduct involving bid-rigging and anticompetitive actions surrounding municipal bond derivatives, state Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday.

A release from Bondi's office stated that Florida's take in the settlement is currently "undetermined."

Florida and other states have reached similar settlements with Bank of America and Union Bank of Switzerland in the past eight months.

While things are looking brighter for Casey Anthony, her attorney Cheney Mason could be in some hot water. John Jack Thompson, an activist and attorney who was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court in 2008, sent a letter to Ken Marvin, the director of lawyer regulation at the Florida Bar, complaining about a photo of Mason making obscene gestures taken earlier in the month.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, now in a crowded Republican primary to take on Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, came out swinging on Wednesday for the Cut, Cap and Balance pledge which opposes raising the federal debt limit and backs a balanced federal budget and lower spending. The pledge is backed by a number of prominent conservative organizations, including FreedomWorks, Club for Growth and the Family Research Council.

Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, now in a crowded Republican primary field to see who takes on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, announced on Thursday that his campaign brought in $560,000 for the second quarter, and proudly boasted that was less than two of his rivals -- former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux and Senate President Mike Haridopolos.

While former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, will not take part in the Presidency 5 straw poll being hosted by the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) in September, he will be speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conferences (CPAC) meeting in Florida at the same time.

Casey Anthony was acquitted Wednesday of the murder of her daughter, Caylee, but was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday, at a court in Orlando, for lying to the police.

She could spend little over a month in prison, however, because she has already served three years while on trial, and has earned time off for good behavior.

UPDATE: A judge has ruled that because of her previous time spent in prison and the time earned off she has accrued, Casey Anthony will be let out of jail on Wednesday.

Increasingly emerging as one of the leading candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination to take on President Barack Obama in 2012, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota unveiled a new television ad that is hitting the airwaves in Iowa. Bachmann, who was born in Iowa, plays up her roots in the new ad. With the Iowa caucus serving as the opening round of the nomination contest, Bachmann is increasingly looking all in to win it -- and emerge as the conservative alternative to GOP front-runner Mitt Romney who is doubling down on the New Hampshire primary.

Groups wishing to protest or demonstrate at the funerals of military members, emergency first responders, politicians and children must do so 500 feet away from the property of the area where the service is being held -- if a bill filed Wednesday by Rep. Pat Rooney, R-Palm Beach Gardens, makes it into law.

Well, that didnt take long.

A day after the decision was announced in the Casey Anthony case, Rep. Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, announced on Wednesday that he would back Caylees Law, making it a felony for a parent or legal guardian who does not notify the authorities of a missing child in a timely fashion.