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 wifes 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 didnt talk about the boat, even during......
(Excerpt) Read more at whnt19.com ...
Aw, come on....take a peek.
I need more of your flowery adjectives to get me through the day!
Geragos shot-off his mouth with
that claim about Amber Frey.
The jury will not forget that charge,
so Geragos had better be able to prove it.
We know he can't.
Boy, would I like to see the transcripts to read this swill word for word.
Oh good. Do we know yet for sure whether the clothes Laci was found in were the ones she wore to the Salon?
LOL - I won't do it!!
I simply cannot believe Geragos accused Amber Frey. Is he crazy? Or does he have a death wish? Because I wouldn't, under any circumstances, KNOWINGLY falsely accuse one of Gloria Alred's clients. She could gouge his eyes out and stomp them under her heels, and that's just the beginning. She's not someone who I would want to p*ss off.
That's another thing he promised to the public ... not just to find Scott not guilty. But also to bring the real killer to justice.
Thats exactly right onyx. He's shot his mouth off AGAIN WITH something he CAN'T Prove. That ought to make Amber hot under the collar and even more eager to bring Peterson down.
What???
Slowly, insufferably slowly.
Read the article Howlin linked.
Gloria is MAD.
http://www.sfexaminer.com/article/index.cfm/i/060304n_peterson
Court TV is going to have a special at 1:30 Pacific time.
The REAL killer is likely seated next to Geragos.
I'm with you Bunny Slippers, has it been determined
that the blouse/top in the hamper is the same one
Laci's sister saw her wearing on Dec. 23, in her salon?
Thanks for that info.
I need to lie down to
try to ward off a headache.
CTV will be the perfect R/x :)
Yes, me too.
Trial is expected to last 3-6 months.
I hope at least one of the jurors remembers
and will "wait, wait, wait" for MG
to offer proof of Amber's participation.
If he wanted to dump her, it seems to me he had the PERFECT REASON, "Hey, my wife is missing and this is NOT a good time for us to be meeting and/or talking on this cell phone."
GREAT POST!
Exactly right:
"My wife is missing...this is not a good time for 'us'."
That has to be the DUMBEST thing he could have ever said. Everybody expects him to pick at the Prosecution evidence and offer "other" explanations for his (Petersons) bizzare behaviour but if that's his explanation of the REAL KILLER he's in trouble.
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