( CNN ) -- A prosecutor in the Casey Anthony trial said Wednesday that jurors might have acquitted her even if she had opened herself up to a tough cross-examination by taking the stand . `` From what I am understanding from those few hints we 've gotten from the jury ... it sounds like their decision was based simply on the state 's case . I do n't know if she would have said anything that would have changed that , '' assistant state attorney Jeff Ashton said on HLN 's `` Dr . Drew . '' Casey Anthony 's lawyer , meanwhile , said that her acquittal signified justice for little Caylee Anthony , 2 , who prosecutors unsuccessfully argued died at the hands of her mother . `` Caylee would never have wanted her mother to suffer this way , '' defense attorney Jose Baez told Barbara Walters of ABC News . `` Caylee certainly never wanted her mother to die . '' After less than 11 hours of deliberation , a jury Tuesday found Casey Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder and the other most serious charges . But the jury convicted her on four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement officers . She will be sentenced Thursday . Juror Jennifer Ford told ABC News that she and the other jurors cried and were `` sick to our stomachs '' after voting to acquit Anthony . `` I did not say she was innocent , '' said Ford , who had previously only been identified as juror number 3 . `` I just said there was not enough evidence . If you can not prove what the crime was , you can not determine what the punishment should be . '' An unidentified male juror told the St. Petersburg Times there was n't enough evidence . `` I wish we had more evidence to put her away , '' the juror said . `` I truly do ... '' Ashton told Dr. Drew Pinsky he saw a juror in tears at the time the verdict was read . `` I have to believe that they honestly thought they were doing the right thing based on the law and evidence as they saw it . '' The prosecutor also likened juries to a `` dice game . You never know . You throw the dice . '' Ashton said that three pieces of duct tape found on Caylee 's skull were crucial to the state meeting the burden of proof . `` If it did n't tell the jury the same story it told me , so be it , '' he said . In an interview earlier Wednesday , Ashton recalled his shock at the verdict . `` When I heard the 'not guilty ' on the child abuse , I knew that was it , '' he said . `` I remember mouthing 'wow ' four or five times to myself . '' Ashton , speaking with InSession 's Beth Karas , said he is convinced there was no evidence that Caylee died accidentally in 2008 . Prosecutors alleged Casey Anthony used chloroform to render her daughter unconscious and then duct-taped her mouth and nose to suffocate her . They said that she put the child 's body in the trunk of her car for a few days before disposing of it . Caylee 's skeletal remains were discovered December 11 , 2008 , by former Orange County meter reader Roy Kronk . Defense attorneys maintained the child drowned in the Anthony 's above-ground pool on June 16 , and that Casey Anthony and her father , George Anthony , panicked upon finding her there and covered up the death . George Anthony denied that in his testimony . Ashton told InSession that Casey Anthony showed premeditation by `` her leaving with Caylee and her never being seen again . '' The prosecutor acknowledged no expert determination of a cause of death was significant . Still , Ashton said , he would like to know how duct tape came to be found on Caylee 's skull . Ashton also spoke of confrontations at pre-trial hearings and during the trial with Baez . `` For Jose , everybody that was on the other side was the enemy and was lying and was this and that , '' Ashton said . `` We went through a lot of accusations and there were times when I responded to them . We fought hard and I fight hard with most people I went to trial with . '' There will be no legal restrictions on Casey Anthony profiting on the details of this case , cashing in on deals for movies , books or interviews , analysts say . Prosecutors on Wednesday filed a motion seeking reimbursement by Anthony , based on her convictions , for special costs related to investigation and prosecution . Much was made of Casey Anthony 's behavior , included partying , after Caylee disappeared . `` We judge people pretty harshly . We judge them as if we know how we would react in their shoes , '' Baez told ABC . `` We are not in their shoes . We have not lived the life they have lived . '' `` People respond to trauma in various ways , '' Baez said , adding he is concerned about Anthony 's personal security . After 30 years , Ashton is retiring . He put that off to help handle the Anthony case . `` This case was the most fascinating , complex , the most challenging case that I could possibly hope for , '' he said . `` Everything after this would just be boring . '' CNN 's Lateef Mungin contributed to this report .
NEW : Prosecutor says jurors thought they did the right thing . Verdict brought justice for Caylee , defense attorney says . Comment: The Florida prosecutor is retiring .