Posted on 03/04/2004 4:33:25 PM PST by Howlin
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:56:15 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Court resumes Monday....
Yeah think Scott is now scared in whom they select as jurors that Mary-Jo Demitri might make her first big boo-boo? ;o)
Been trying to find a news bit on why I saw nearly or up to 10 San Jose Police units on scene at a Union 76 gas station on Alum Rock Av@ I680 s/b off ramp weeeeee early this morning (0450 hours).... would of thought I could find a news bit in the San Jose Mercury News, but not yet.... so off to search some more.....
A portrait of the accused
In a rare interview, the family of Scott Peterson sheds light on the life and times of the 'perfect' son
Kelly St. John, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, March 7, 2004
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The fading photographs in the family albums paint a picture of a childhood that was almost stereotypically suburban: full of Cub Scout outings, Little League, golf weekends and family fishing trips.
And Scott Peterson wasn't just the kind of kid who stayed out of trouble, say those who knew him back then. He was a standout achiever. By age 14, he was besting his father on the golf course. By the end of high school, he was one of the top junior golfers in San Diego.
"We'd tell him, 'You're a lucky man.' He never got in a scrape," Lee Peterson, Scott's father, said in a rare sit-down interview at the family home in Solana Beach, near San Diego. "He was like Mr. Perfect."
Before his vivacious wife, Laci, disappeared just before Christmas 2002, no one outside a small circle of family and friends knew who Scott Peterson was. And the man dear to their hearts stands in stark contrast to the screaming tabloid headlines that call him a monster.
"In my mind," David Thoennes, Scott Peterson's onetime golf coach, said flatly, "I cannot fathom Scott doing this."
Perhaps in part because his mother had such an unhappy childhood -- Jackie Peterson's father was murdered when she was a toddler, and she was mostly raised by Catholic nuns -- Scott Peterson's parents worked hard to create a sunny life for their five children. And that was doubly true for their youngest son, the only child Lee and Jackie Peterson had together.
"Scott was a good person. He came from a good family. That's why this is all a big shocker," said Brian Tasto, a San Diego dentist who played high school golf with Peterson. "He was more of a leader, a strong-minded person, confident in what he was doing."
A lot has been said about the 31-year-old Modesto man who strides confidently into court each day. Television broadcasters call him the slick fertilizer salesman who betrayed his pregnant wife and chased other women. He lied. He didn't act like a grieving husband. Police say they have the goods .........
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While Scott Peterson finished his senior year, Laci Peterson took a job in nearby Prunedale (Monterey County). Prosecutors allege that around this time, Scott Peterson had the first of at least two extramarital affairs, though they have not revealed a name or details of this earlier relationship.
Scott Peterson's parents declined to answer questions about their son's alleged affairs, saying that such relationships are common -- even among people who are happily married -- and that having an affair is a far cry from committing murder.
His final semester, Scott Peterson wrote a 29-page senior project: "Attributes that consumers desire in fresh-cut salad." The paper, kept on a microfiche file at the university's library, looked into the $1 billion market of ready-to-eat salads sold at grocery stores. His graduation requirements complete, he received his bachelor's degree in June of 1998. "
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Jury selection continues in Scott Peterson murder trial
Posted on Sun, Mar. 07, 2004
Jury selection continues in Scott Peterson murder trial
Associated Press
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Jury selection in Scott Peterson's double-murder trial is expected to continue for at least a month as hundreds of potential panelists fill out a 23-page questionnaire that lawyers will use to determine who decides Peterson's fate.
The former fertilizer salesman could face the death penalty if convicted on two counts of murder in the deaths of his pregnant wife and the couple's unborn son.
Authorities allege that he killed Laci Peterson in their Modesto home on Christmas Eve morning in 2002 because he was having an affair with a massage therapist, then drove her body to San Francisco Bay and dumped it from his small boat.
Laci Peterson's body and that her unborn son washed ashore nearly four months later, only miles from where Scott Peterson told authorities he launched for a solo fishing trip from the Berkeley Marina on the morning his wife vanished.
Attorneys on Thursday began the process of selecting a jury for the case, with 200 potential panelists arriving at the San Mateo County courthouse in Redwood City. An additional 200 were scheduled to come to the courthouse Monday.
A Stanislaus County judge moved the case from Modesto after deciding that a fair jury could not likely be found in the tight-knit community about 90 miles east of San Francisco. Hundreds of volunteers mobilized to find Laci Peterson in the weeks after her disappearance.
The trial is expected to last about five months........
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Lengthy jury selection under way
Article Last Updated: Monday, March 08, 2004 - 3:28:14 AM PST
Lengthy jury selection under way
Prospective panelists
By Jason Dearen, STAFF WRITER
REDWOOD CITY -- Another 200 San Mateo County residents will stream into the Hall of Justice today to be considered as prospective jurors in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial.
The selection process, which began Thursday, starts with a 23-page questionnaire with queries about everything from a person's feelings about extramarital affairs to their newspaper-reading habits.
Judge Alfred Delucchi and attorneys will excuse those jurors who claim financial or other hardships before questioning each remaining prospect in- dividually. In all, the process is expected to take four to six weeks.
Prosecutors say that Peterson, 31, killed his pregnant wife Laci on Dec. 23, 2002. Their theory contends that he wrapped her body in a blue tarp, loaded it into his truck, picked up his fishing boat and dumped Laci's body into San Francisco Bay.
Peterson is charged with two counts of premeditated murder, and he faces the death penalty. He has pleaded not guilty to both counts.
Because the trial is expected to last up to six months, the type of person who can serve on the jury is limited. Since jury duty only pays $15 per day, most prospective jurors will be retirees, homemakers and people who work for companies that pay for the entirety of the trial.
But Delucchi made it clear during his instructions Thursday that he sees jury duty as a responsibility on par with military service. The judge told prospective jurors that he will be making it difficult for them to get out of serving, requiring most people with hardship requests to provide documented proof.
Delucchi was careful to relay in his instructions that the job before the jury is a serious one and is not to be taken lightly. He reminded them that despite the excessive publicity the case has received, they will need to put everything aside and concentrate only on the evidence that will be presented to them.
"You have two choices if we get to the penalty phase. The first is life without the possibility of parole. That means Mr. Peterson will spend the rest of his life in prison and never get out," the judge said..........
Helen Latham
There's one missing.
FOFL! Did you see the last paragraph where it said there's a "clipping" of Scott and Geragos on the frig? Geragos rates a place on the frig with Scotty, too funny!
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