MIAMI (AP) — Casey Anthony’s attorney says he originally considered whether she should plead guilty to a lesser charge to avoid the death penalty if convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

In his just-released book “Presumed Guilty, Casey Anthony: The Inside Story,” attorney Jose Baez wrote that prosecutors offered the Orlando mother a plea deal in 2008. He told The Associated Press this week that Anthony “would not entertain it for a second.”

Anthony was acquitted last summer of all charges except for four misdemeanors of lying to investigators.

Two-year-old Caylee went missing in the summer of 2008. Her body was found in December 2008 near the Anthony home.

Baez declined to comment on what Anthony is doing or how often they talk. Her probation ends Aug. 21.