Posted on 06/03/2004 5:50:30 AM PDT by runningbear
ALL SNIP ITS:
First full day of testimony in Laci Peterson murder case
Redwood City, California-AP _ The first full day of testimony gets under way today in Scott Peterson's murder trial in Redwood City, California.
He's accused of murdering his wife and their unborn son.
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Geragos deconstructs prosecution's case against Peterson
Article Last Updated: Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 3:09:35 AM PST
Geragos deconstructs prosecution's case against Peterson
Defense attorney: Fetus was born full-term therefore defendant's not responsible for murders
By Jason Dearen, STAFF WRITER
REDWOOD CITY -- Scott Peterson is a cad not a killer, his defense attorney said Wednesday as he began an assault on the very essence of the evidence against Peterson -- when his wife and child died.
In the scenario cast by attorney Mark Geragos, the child was born alive weeks after Christmas Eve 2002, the date prosecutors say his mother, Laci Peterson, had been killed.
"If this baby was born alive, clearly Scott Peterson had nothing to do with this murder," Geragos explained to the six men and six women of the jury. .......
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Peterson's lawyer attacks investigators' work
"Posted on Thu, Jun. 03, 2004
Peterson's lawyer attacks investigators' work
By Brian Anderson
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
REDWOOD CITY - Saying Scott Peterson was "stone-cold innocent," defense attorney Mark Geragos blasted the police detectives Wednesday who investigated the murder of Laci Peterson and the thin case he said they cobbled together against her husband.
In his first chance to lay out his side of the case, Geragos said Modesto police believed early on that Peterson had something to do with his wife's Dec. 24, 2002, disappearance and they worked to prove only that. Through slipshod detective work, lies and far-fetched theories, they built a laughable case from circumstantial evidence that led to the prosecution of an innocent man, he said.
"The evidence is going to show beyond any doubt that not only is Scott Peterson not guilty.""......
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Circus talk pans out
First day draws media, gawkers and other crazies.
Circus talk pans out
First day draws media, gawkers and other crazies.
Published on Wednesday, June 2, 2004
URL: http://www.examiner.com/article/index.cfm/i/060204n_peterson2
REDWOOD CITY -- The same gravity that is holding together the "12 galaxies" apparently had enough pull to draw San Francisco's eccentric sign-toting icon, Frank Chiu, and others looking for a little collateral publicity, to the Redwood City Courthouse on Tuesday for the start of the Scott Peterson murder trial.
Parked near the courthouse in a van covered with biblical and anti-abortion messages, Ronald Brock of San Diego sought attention for his message that killing an unborn child, through abortion or any other means, is a crime.
"Murder is murder, give Conner justice," read a banner on the van. Conner was the name Scott and Laci Peterson planned to give their unborn child before a pregnant Laci disappeared in late 2002. Her husband is facing two counts of murder for their deaths.".....
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Geragos: Peterson didn't do it
Geragos: Peterson didn't do it
By GARTH STAPLEY
BEE STAFF WRITER
Last Updated: June 2, 2004, 01:32:27 PM PDT
1:23 p.m., PDT: REDWOOD CITY - Scott Peterson had nothing to do with his pregnant wife’s murder - and his legal team will prove it, defense attorney Mark Geragos declared dramatically this morning during his opening statement.
“The evidence is going to show clearly, beyond any doubt, that not only was Scott not guilty, but stone-cold innocent,” Geragos told jurors.
Peterson, 31, of Modesto, came under media and police scrutiny after Laci Peterson vanished Dec. 24, 2002. But Peterson had no opportunity to kill her and their unborn son, Conner, Geragos said.
Evidence will show the baby was born alive, the Los Angeles lawyer announced in a series of revelations. They include:
Laci Peterson knew that her husband bought a fishing boat shortly before she vanished - and “was in the boat Dec. 20.”
The Petersons didn’t talk about the boat, even during......
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Amazing! I thought that was gossip ... but apparently true.
She was one of five witnesses so far. Evidently nobody asked her!
The jury is filing back in and Amy Rocha IS the next witness! So don't speed home......I doubt it will be on!
Man, we need to see this for ourselves. I hate second, third, and defense specialists telling me what was said!
WONDERFUL company ! We can get a "WARD" together, no ??? LOL!
Listen: Laci found just in a bra! Beth says maybe she was attacked while she was undressing!
Heard it...AND did I misunderstand Amy Rocha saying Laci was in a polkadot shirt at Salon Salon? That was found ON TOP of the hamper, not in it. She was surprised as she was undressing. That's what it sounds like they're getting at. No shirt on her body when it was found.
Scunched up in the corner, is that what you heard?
I heard that they brought the white shirt into the courtroom on a rack this morning.
I heard, out of the hamper. NOT in the hamper.
Beth is saying that the Petersons are laughing when Geragos insults the police.
Such low class. Apple, tree, all that.
The 6th witness to take the stand is Amy Rocha. She took the stand at 4:50pm Eastern.
She identified Laci by pointing to a photo of Laci in the courtroom.
She also identified Scott Peterson in the courtroom without looking at him.
She went on to explain the floorplan of the house with the aid of a pointer and a graphic of the floorplan. She is under Direct examination by Distaso.
She wore two outfits that day; dark/black pants to the grocery store and day spa between 10 and 1.
Then she showed up at the salon in tan/khaki pants and a black/dark shirt. That's the last thing she was seen wearing.
All I know is the petersons sound like the kind of people who could certainly do their part to ensure scott peterson gets no mercy, all the way to the electric chair. I mean, why don't they just wear "Free Scott" sweatshirts to the trial?? Ferpetessake.
Wow, listen to Crier going on about the cement/anchors!
Six anchors! Five missing! So is the rest of the 90 pounds of cement; Scott told the police he threw it out because he he only needed one anchor, but the marks on the floor of the warehouse indicate he made SIX!!!!!
I'm loving listening to these guys trying to say that Amber Frey was nothing to Scott!
Why can't these guys understand that Amber Frey is not the point of the murder?? Scott peterson not wanting to be a father, and his marriage is the point. It didn't matter if he saw Amber 100 times or 1 time. It's not the point. peterson wanted his freedom. period.
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