Linda drane burdick wikipedia

She was the lead prosecutor on the State of Florida vs. Casey Anthony case. She is the daughter of Marilyn Jacobs and Don Drane. She has one younger sister, Cindy. Drane Burdick attended Lower Burrell High School where in addition to her studies, she participated in a variety of extracurricular activities including softball, gymnastics, French club, Explorers, Junior Achievement, and newspaper staff.

When it came time for college, Burdick considered international relations or social science. Instead she earned her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh , then graduated from its School of Law in Drane Burdick currently resides in Orlando, Florida and has one daughter. She has prosecuted numerous high-profile felony cases.

In , she won a conviction over Theodore Rodgers Jr. Rodgers was sentenced to death. She successfully convicted Franklin Lee Reed in for the rape and murder of year-old Mollie Pittman, a Lockhart Junior High school student. Pittman's body was found in a Needles Drive home on May 11, —stabbed 12 times with an ice pick.

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In , she obtained three life sentences for Brent Mackinder, who was convicted of raping a 7-year-old girl and then trying to kill her along West Orange Trail. Also in , she prosecuted Derek Pelto, who killed his girlfriend by stabbing her and then striking her repeatedly with a hammer. Pelto was sentenced to life in prison. She was the prosecutor in the case of the State of Florida vs.