Casey Anthony Defense Shocker?

No stranger to hyperbole and bravado, has Mason and Baez gone too far this time? I am not sure that Judge Perry is going to like reading Mason's comments.... CFNews13 is reporting exclusively:

CLEARWATER -- 

Casey Anthony's lawyers said we may all be shocked when we hear her defense.

The prosecution's theory in the case is already clear: They want to convince the jury that Casey drugged and killed her daughter, Caylee, and then discarded the 2-year-old's body in the woods so she could go out and party.

The defense team hasn't even hinted about what story they will tell. But they told me we're in for quite a surprise.

"We suspect there will be some jaw-dropping," said defense attorney Cheney Mason. "We'll have to wait and see."

Casey's lawyers claimed three years of questions could be answered in three minutes at trial. It might shock the public. But will it convince a jury?

"The court of public opinion is the most uneducated court in the whole country," said lead defense attorney Jose Baez, who claimed much of the state's evidence against Casey has been misinterpreted.

With the overwhelming public hostility towards Casey Anthony, there are battles Baez said he just can't win.

"The heart-shaped sticker? There is no sticker, even though its been clearly discussed in court," he said.

For all the talk about those convinced of Casey's guilt, those who vilify her defense team, here's something you won't find in discovery: According to Cheney Mason, "We get a lot of calls and fan mail. It's not all criticism."

"We got some nuts," Mason added. "I've got a file called the 'nut file,' where the wacko letters are put in."

On jury selection, Mason said it might take longer than everyone thinks.

"Some of my colleagues think its almost a joke to think we can get a jury in five days, but we'll find out," he said.

Casey Anthony faces the death penalty if she's convicted of first-degree murder. That's expensive for taxpayers, because we're paying both sides.

Because Casey was declared indigent, her attorneys have to ask the court for permission to spend money on transcripts, investigators and everything else.

Defense spending is an open book. The prosecution team, however, won't reveal their costs.

"We've asked them several times, 'What are their costs?'" said Mason. "And they can't tell us, or they won't."

When it comes time for jurors to consider the evidence, Mason said there's one looming fact prosecutors can't avoid.

"It's undisputed: They have no idea the cause of death," he said. "They don't know how this child died."