Posted on 06/01/2004 5:34:37 AM PDT by runningbear
Quandary over families at trial
THE BEE Laci Peterson's mother, Sharon Rocha, next to husband Ron, could testify -- she talked to Peterson the night before her disappearance. THE BEE
Scott Peterson's father Lee Peterson, next to wife Jackie, talked to his son a few hours before Laci Peterson was reported missing. THE BEE
SNIP IT:
Quandary over families at trial
By GARTH STAPLEY and JOHN COTÉ
BEE STAFF WRITERS
Last Updated: June 1, 2004, 04:28:55 AM PDT
REDWOOD CITY -- Players in People vs. Peterson have hammered out ground rules on dozens of issues leading to today's opening statements, but have not touched a potentially explosive question: What to do with the families?
Scott and Laci Peterson's relatives regularly attended most proceedings up until jury selection. But many could be called as witnesses and, as such, normally would be excluded from the double-murder trial........
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Two death penalty trials cross paths
Two death penalty trials cross paths
By Michelle Durand, Daily Journal Staff
This morning, at precisely the same time, one capital murder trial ends while another begins at the Redwood City courthouse.
Scott Peterson, accused of killing his wife Laci, and confessed murderer Seti Scanlan have little in common aside from being two death penalty defendants in the same county, in courtrooms down the hall from each other. But, depending on the juries ultimate decisions, both could also end up together on San Quentins death row.
Opening statements begin at 9 a.m. in Petersons trial, thought to be the states most publicized case since the O.J. Simpson murder trial..........
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List Of Charges Filed Against Scott Peterson
List Of Charges Filed Against Scott Peterson
POSTED: 10:06 am PDT May 31, 2004
Charges filed against Scott Peterson, 31, on April 21, 2003:
COUNT I: On or about and between December 23, 2002, and December 24, 2002, defendant did commit a felony, MURDER, violation of Section 187 of the California Penal Code, in that the defendant did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously and with malice aforethought murder Laci Denise Peterson, a human being.
SPECIAL ALLEGATION: It is further alleged as to Count I, MURDER, that the defendant acted intentionally, deliberately and with premeditation. ...........
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TINY CONNER'S 'MURDER' A PRO-CHOICE PARADOX
TINY CONNER'S 'MURDER' A PRO-CHOICE PARADOX
By ANDREA PEYSER
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May 30, 2004 -- HIS name was Conner. As Scott Peterson heads to his murder trial, a parallel battle is being waged in the California courtroom by the case's littlest victim.
Peterson's son, known as Conner - a boy killed even before he was born - is fighting for the right to be called a person.
Or is he a fetus?
Even before the trial kicks off, the confounding case against Peterson, charged with murdering his eight-months-pregnant wife, Laci, and the soon-to-be-born baby she carried, has managed to turn virtually everyone in America into a card-carrying hypocrite. ........
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Can the prosecutors make their case stick?
THE PROBLEM: The evidence on hand is only circumstantial
Can the prosecutors make their case stick?
THE PROBLEM: The evidence on hand is only circumstantial
Stacy Finz, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 1, 2004
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There's no confession, no eyewitness and, so far, no weapon.
But prosecutors contend they have enough circumstantial evidence to send Scott Peterson to San Quentin's death chamber for allegedly murdering his wife, Laci, and the couple's unborn child. Opening statements in the trial are to begin today.
Legal watchers .........
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Great news title:
A cheating husband faces trial for murder in city set against him
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SCOTT PETERSON Case won't be televised
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Prosecutors plan to play TV interviews they say are filled with defendant's lies
Scott Peterson said during this Jan. 28, 2003, interview with Diane Sawyer of ABC New's 'Good Morning America' that he was having an affair -- and that his wife knew it -- prior to her disappearance. The Associate Pres.......
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Lawyers polish their game plans
Lawyers polish their game plans
By Jason Dearen, STAFF WRITER
AFTER police arrested Scott Peterson in San Diego County in April 2003, an angry mob greeted him back in Modesto, carrying signs accusing the fertilizer salesman of killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn child. During the 31/2 months between Laci's disappearance on Christmas Eve 2002 and the grisly discovery of the bodies on the shores of San Francisco Bay, a Fresno massage therapist and single mother named Amber Frey held a press conference.......
(Excerpt) Read more at modbee.com ...
Here's more from another thread.
Peterson Prosecutors Allege Story Inconsistencies
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1145854/posts
The month Laci Peterson went missing, Scott Peterson told his mistress, Amber
Frey, who did not know he was married, that he was thinking about getting a
vasectomy because he did not want children. The prosecutor quoted Peterson as
telling Frey that her 3-year-old daughter "is enough for me." At the time, his
wife was seven months' pregnant.
The diamond necklace, sapphire ring, band and watch Laci Peterson wore whenever she left the house were found in the couple's bedroom.
A tarp Peterson apparently used during his fishing trip was found drenched in gasoline in his shed. Another was covered with fertilizer. Both substances destroy DNA and other human biological material and prevent tracking dogs from picking up a person's scent.
Peterson said he stopped fishing because it began to rain, but the harbor master at the Berkeley Marina said there was no precipitation that day.
I heard on Abrams report, that they do indeed have him on tape talking to the realtor, and Scott told the realtor that the transaction would have to stay quiet!!
GOOD!!!
okay.... thanks...
He makes me sick just looking at him.
Kim G has a very Victoria Lake hairdoo now..not good.
He is such a puke!! DD has it right, this geeks goose is cooked. IF, by any chance he were to get off, I think someone on the outside would off him so fast. Everybody hates Scott Peterson except his sorry excuse for a family!! This is one thing I have said all along, the constant string of lies as they pile up and pile up and pile up can only indicate Guilt. Innocent people don't lie like that. I read on a CTV thread that HE and HIS parents are actually blaming Laci that he's been arrested and is in prison!! Can you believe it????????
Ooooh! I just saw Kim G. What'd she do, fall into a vat of make-up?
close=clothes
DUH
I'm leaving for home now. I will be back for sure.!! I was wondering about Geragos's antics to come. I wonder how many vans he can pull out from his A$$??????? (GAG me with a STURGEON!!)
Hah, Pixley messed up on the "defense talking points".
LOL!! I'll be here Lynn..told the kidz the puter is MINE tonight!!!
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