ABC's Checkbook Journalism

It's not as if this woman is some hot property that you have to pay her for access. I could see maybe flying someone in for an interview or putting them in a hotel, but $200,000 for access to an alleged baby-killer?

New evidence was released Thursday in the Casey Anthony murder case, including the amount of money she received from a television network, as well as conversations she had with other inmates.

Anthony's defense team told Judge Stan Strickland that she no longer has funds to pay for the trial. Her attorney testified ABC News paid Casey Anthony $200,000, but that those funds are now gone.

Strickland is deciding whether to approve the declaration of Anthony being indigent, which would make the state pay for her defense.

A transcript of conversations Anthony had with a fellow inmate was also released, stating that "an Orange County Corrections officer may have facilitated the communication once the friendship had begun."

Casey Anthony remains jailed on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, who was last seen in June of 2008.

Fox apparently is claiming this is breaking news although it originally was divulged back in 2008.

Ironically enough ABC recently announced staff cuts.

ABC News announced earlier this month it was laying off nearly a third of its newsroom to save costs. A spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.