Laci Peterson

[Jadey28]

This story brings tears to my eyes every time I hear something about it. I really think that the punishment should fit the crime....chop his legs and head off and let him suffer the way she did!


(I know, I am a little vulgar, but what he did is wrong. Especially since she was having HIS baby!)

[librasoul22]

Dude, he was SO trying to go to Mexico. When they found him he had $10,000 on him, and he looks WAY different.

[AlphaSigOU]

And what's worse... had he gone to Mexico, it would have been a royal pain-in-the-a** to get him extradited. Mexico doesn't have a capital punishment statute, so any extradition would probably include that he not be sentenced to death (though that would actually apply more to a Mexican citizen than a gringo).

Forget about lethal injection... how about we give him a summary execution Russian style -- bullet in the head! "The court sentences you to death, sentence to be carried out immediately! Bailiff, carry out the sentence... but please do it somewhere else... I don't wanna mess in my courtroom!"

[SATX*APhi]

Police say murder of Laci Peterson took place at her and Scott Peterson's home "between Dec. 23, 2002, and Dec. 24, 2002." Details to come.



Okay, so why do they feel this is something that should be let known to the public?

[AlphaSigOU]

Originally posted by SATX*APhi
Okay, so why do they feel this is something that should be let known to the public?

There will probably be some 'leaks' of information about the case that the press will pick up on as the case gets ready for trial. Nothing that will jeopardize the trial or inject reasonable doubt on a potential jury pool.

I once had the distinct honor and pleasure to be called to serve on a jury in California in 1997 -- NOT! (Though it beat having to pull 12-18 hour work shifts getting the network cabling job at UC Santa Cruz.) Expected to kinda sail through the one week on the pool or get selected for a jury and get knocked off during the peremptory challenges before the trial actually started. That wasn't going to be.

I was assigned to a minor criminal case. The defendant (a California Department of Corrections guard at Folsom) was accused of making terroristic threats to his ex-girlfriend (charge 1). Cops arrived and he resisted arrest according to the police officers at the scene (charge 2) on the way to the station they inspect his gym bag and find a syringe with a suspicious substance, further testing finds that it's an anabolic steroid -- possession of a controlled substance (charge 3).

After two weeks of interminable boredom in the jury box listening to both sides making their case, the closing arguments were read, the jury read its instructions by the judge and sequestered in another room in the courthouse. Yes, yours truly got the thankless job of jury foreman, trying to keep 11 of my peers in line as we argued -- sometimes heatedly -- over the charges in the trial. we deliberated for a little more than five hours before we reached our decisions.

On count 1 (making terroristic threats), we had a hung jury -- the evidence presented just walked that fine line between guilty or not guilty. Count 2 was a throwaway; the arresting officers were intimidated at the defendant's size (he was a bodybuilder in his off duty time), when he hesitated ever so slightly, they claimed he resisted arrest.

Count 3 was what sunk the defendant. We didn't buy the defense's story that he was holding a needle for the defendant's mother's dog who required steroid shots and that the steroid could be procured over the counter at the feed store. (It's supposed to be for animals, not humans!). Guilty.

I don't know whether the defendant was retried on count 1, but a conviction on count 3 effectively ended his career as a prison guard or service in any future law enforcement career.

And what did I get for my trouble? $5 a day plus mileage to and from my home -- I lived in the South Natomas section of Sacramento, so it was about three miles each way to the courthouse. And I wasn't getting paid in my regular job, though there were days during the trial when things got done early and I could squeeze in about a half-day's work.

[thesweetestone]

[Aurora6]

....the the friends and family of Laci Peterson! What a waste of two beautiful lives!

I hope the person/s guilty are found and justice prevails!


Rest in Peace Laci and Conner

[ZTAMiami]

This is a really interesting article. Apparently 20% of women who die during pregnancy are murdered.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/u...der030425.html

Besides Laci, the body of a 20 year old, 8.5 months pregnant woman was found. Her boyfrined is in custody.

[Attractive#7]

man that's crazy. i just read the first 5 pages and i think that scott did it. i dont know y, maybe she found out about the other woman some kind of way, but i think he did it...i hope they find her and her baby.

[James]

LOL, so some guy got his life ruined for basically havng an argument with his SO that many of us could probably have had . . .Poor chap.

Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
There will probably be some 'leaks' of information about the case that the press will pick up on as the case gets ready for trial. Nothing that will jeopardize the trial or inject reasonable doubt on a potential jury pool.

I once had the distinct honor and pleasure to be called to serve on a jury in California in 1997 -- NOT! (Though it beat having to pull 12-18 hour work shifts getting the network cabling job at UC Santa Cruz.) Expected to kinda sail through the one week on the pool or get selected for a jury and get knocked off during the peremptory challenges before the trial actually started. That wasn't going to be.

I was assigned to a minor criminal case. The defendant (a California Department of Corrections guard at Folsom) was accused of making terroristic threats to his ex-girlfriend (charge 1). Cops arrived and he resisted arrest according to the police officers at the scene (charge 2) on the way to the station they inspect his gym bag and find a syringe with a suspicious substance, further testing finds that it's an anabolic steroid -- possession of a controlled substance (charge 3).

After two weeks of interminable boredom in the jury box listening to both sides making their case, the closing arguments were read, the jury read its instructions by the judge and sequestered in another room in the courthouse. Yes, yours truly got the thankless job of jury foreman, trying to keep 11 of my peers in line as we argued -- sometimes heatedly -- over the charges in the trial. we deliberated for a little more than five hours before we reached our decisions.

On count 1 (making terroristic threats), we had a hung jury -- the evidence presented just walked that fine line between guilty or not guilty. Count 2 was a throwaway; the arresting officers were intimidated at the defendant's size (he was a bodybuilder in his off duty time), when he hesitated ever so slightly, they claimed he resisted arrest.

Count 3 was what sunk the defendant. We didn't buy the defense's story that he was holding a needle for the defendant's mother's dog who required steroid shots and that the steroid could be procured over the counter at the feed store. (It's supposed to be for animals, not humans!). Guilty.

I don't know whether the defendant was retried on count 1, but a conviction on count 3 effectively ended his career as a prison guard or service in any future law enforcement career.

And what did I get for my trouble? $5 a day plus mileage to and from my home -- I lived in the South Natomas section of Sacramento, so it was about three miles each way to the courthouse. And I wasn't getting paid in my regular job, though there were days during the trial when things got done early and I could squeeze in about a half-day's work.

[James]

They just had a case in Australia where a guy was convicted of murdering a girl . . . she as missing for 2 years . . . she just resurfaced.

She said she had run away from home to be with her "man" and after a while was too embarrassed to come forward because eveyrone thought she was murdered lol. . .

I am skipping a lot in this relating . . .

[Schmeer]

I've been watching some of the coverage over at Fox News...last night I was up late and caught Greta Van Susteren...she had the Psychic on it whom had Laci's clothes and said she 'saw' Laci being beat by a man....it was very interesting!

[SATX*APhi]

High-profile attorney will defend Scott Peterson
Friday, May 2, 2003 Posted: 12:44 PM EDT (1644 GMT)


MODESTO, California (CNN) – Prominent attorney Mark Geragos will defend the California man accused of killing his wife and unborn son.

Geragos agreed to represent Scott Peterson at a Friday morning hearing at a Stanislaus County, California, courtroom. A team of public defenders had represented Peterson.

A bail hearing scheduled for next week has been delayed, and Peterson's next court appearance will be on Monday.

"Do I think he (Scott Peterson) can get a fair trial," Geragos rhetorically repeated a reporter's question following Friday's hearing. "I've been in this for only one day. Give me until Monday and I'll make those feelings known."

The action by Geragos, who has defended high-profile actors and political figures, came after he said earlier this week on CNN's "Larry King Live" that he had met with Peterson and his parents. Geragos has been a regular guest on CNN.

"I was tremendously impressed by Scott. Tremendously impressed, and that's something that leans me toward taking the case as well," Geragos said on the "Larry King Live" show.

Geragos' clients have included actress Winona Ryder, former Rep. Gary Condit, and Susan McDougal, a one-time business partner of former President Clinton. Ryder was convicted last year of shoplifting from a Beverly Hills store.

Peterson is in a Stanislaus County, California, jail, awaiting trial on two counts of murder for the deaths of his wife, Laci, and his unborn son, who was due to be born in February.

The 30-year-old Peterson was arrested in mid-April. Peterson has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carry a special circumstance that could qualify him for the death penalty if convicted.

District Attorney Jim Brazelton has said that he would seek the death penalty against Scott Peterson if he were convicted.

Scott Peterson said his wife disappeared from their Modesto home last Christmas Eve after he departed on a solo fishing trip. The bodies of his wife and baby washed up earlier in April near the Berkeley Marina in the San Francisco Bay, where Peterson said he had launched his boat. He was arrested days later.

Geragos said he believes in Peterson. "I don't think there's any doubt that I believe in him and in a case like this, that's always a helpful thing."

Last month on CNN, however, Geragos said defending Scott Peterson would be difficult because the bodies of the victims were found so close to the place where the defendant placed his alibi, the marina.

"That is devastating, in terms of why they've arrested him so quickly," Geragos said in an April 18 appearance on "Larry King Live" show. "In fact ... my feeling was as soon as these bodies washed ashore, the fact that he -- that it was a mile or two miles away -- meant to me that he was going to be arrested any moment."

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Geragos must seek a delay for the beginning of the trial and get the trial moved out of Modesto, where media coverage has been intense.

"He's got to let passions cool, a year at least until this trial goes forward," Toobin said

During Friday's hearing, Peterson entered court shackled and wearing a red jumpsuit. The judge granted Geragos' request that Peterson be allowed to wear civilian clothes in all future court appearance.

"It's like seeing a poster of some sort of monster," Geragos said, describing the effect the chains had on Peterson's appearance.

In a quick proceeding, Geragos also expressed concern about search warrants that have been sealed since Peterson's boat and truck were confiscated, reported CNN Correspondent Rusty Dornin.

Pretrial proceedings are scheduled to begin May 19.


http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/05/02/pe...ase/index.html

[SATX*APhi]

How does Scott go from not being able to afford an attorney to hiring such a high-profile attorney? I'm sure this guy isn't practicing for free.

[The1calledTKE]

I think the attorney is working for free are real cheap just because the publicity will get him more business.