Sun 11 Jul 2004
Posted on 07/12/2004 5:39:31 AM PDT by runningbear
‘No Joy in Our Lives’
Peterson's Parents Speak Out on Son's Murder Trial
July 9, 2004 — A year and a half ago Lee and Jackie Peterson were eagerly awaiting the birth of their grandson. Today, they say, there is no joy in their lives.
Watch Barbara Walters' full report tonight on 20/20 at 10 p.m.
Their son Scott is on trial, accused of the savage murder of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son, a baby they planned to name Conner.
Lee and Jackie Peterson tell 20/20's Barbara Walters they are convinced of their son's innocence. But as the case unfolds in a Redwood City, Calif., courthouse, the Petersons must reconcile two versions of their son: one, a wrongly accused husband who grieves for his murdered wife and unborn son, and the other, an adulterer turned cold-blooded monster. ........
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Peterson Trial Enters 7th Week
Jurors in Scott Peterson's double-murder trial have had more time outside the courtroom than in it recently to mull the prosecution's claims that the former fertilizer salesman killed his pregnant wife.
SLIDESHOW: Peterson Case Images
Heather's Trial Notes
The case resumes today following a four-day weekend -- the beginning of its seventh week, one that could see the most-anticipated witness called to the stand.
Prosecutors are still making their case that Peterson killed his wife in their Modesto home on or around Dec. 24, 2002, trucked the body to San Francisco Bay in a large tool box and plunged it overboard from a small boat.
His alleged motive: an affair with massage therapist Amber Frey.
Frey, who began cooperating with authorities soon after Laci Peterson was reported missing, could testify this week. Though a judge has imposed a gag order, preventing attorneys from discussing who will be called, court officials recently advised media about special procedures for when Frey testifies. .........
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Phone records raise queries
By JOHN COTÉ and GARTH STAPLEY
BEE STAFF WRITERS
Last Updated: July 10, 2004, 07:04:26 AM PDT
Scott Peterson's girlfriend called a Fresno police homicide detective's home in the days before and after Peterson's wife disappeared, partial cell phone records show.
Detective Richard Byrd's name surfaced in Peterson's double-murder trial during questioning about when Amber Frey called Modesto police about her relationship with Peterson and her whereabouts the day that Laci Peterson was reported missing.
Frey placed an almost hourlong call to Byrd's home the night of Dec. 21, 2002 -- three days before Peterson was reported missing, according to the phone records.
The next two calls from Frey's cell phone were to Scott Peterson the next morning, the documents show.
Frey called Byrd's home at least three times, for a total of 84 minutes, from Dec. 21, 2002, to Jan. 2, 2003, the records show. A 26-minute call from Frey's cell phone to Byrd's home took place the evening of Jan. 1, 2003 -- two days after Frey reportedly became aware that Peterson was married and his wife was missing.
Byrd declined to comment on the phone records, Frey's calls or the nature of their relationship.........
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THE PETERSON TRIAL
Prosecution faulted by observers in court
Defense seems to be scoring points during D.A.'s time
Harriet Chiang, Chronicle Legal Affairs Writer
Sunday, July 11, 2004
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Is Scott Peterson's defense team that good? Or are the prosecutors just not up to snuff?
That's what veteran trial lawyers are mulling over as they watch prosecutors try to convince a jury in Redwood City that Peterson is guilty of double murder.
After all, legal experts say, this is the prosecution's chance to bring out its most incriminating evidence, to build a rock-solid case against the Modesto fertilizer salesman who is accused of the 2002 slaying of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son.
But after five weeks of testimony, Mark Geragos, Peterson's noted defense attorney, instead seems be scoring one point after another, experts say.
During intense cross-examinations, Geragos has been able to produce evidence supporting his version of the facts, hammer away at the credibility of prosecution witnesses and even assume control of the courtroom, according to lawyers who have been observing the trial from the gallery of the Redwood City courtroom.......
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For all out missed this ping over the weekend
Sun 11 Jul 2004
Double act: Experts believe Senator John Edwards, right, brings real strengths to John Kerry’s Democratic ticket. He is an attractive figure who may help Kerry appeal to centrist voters in the presidential quest.
Picture: Justin Sullivan/ Getty Images
Dream team ready for Bush
ALEX MASSIE IN WASHINGTON
BATTLE is now officially joined. John Kerry’s selection of John Edwards as his running mate completes the rival tickets for this year’s presidential election and allows the campaign to start in full-blooded earnest.
Already Kerry’s choice is reaping rewards. Edwards, whose sunny, optimistic populism appealed to independent and moderate voters during the primary season, fills in some of the blanks in Kerry’s political curriculum vitae.
Where Kerry is a son of privilege, Edwards is self-made and his southern charm neatly balances Kerry’s New England and mildly aristocratic appearance while also giving the ticket a geographic spread that makes it seem as though it is appealing to all America.
On the stump, too, it is merely a small exaggeration to argue that in terms of eloquence Edwards is to Kerry as Tony Blair is to George W Bush.
An initial, post-announcement, CBS poll gave Kerry a four-point boost but that may only be the beginning of the good news for the Democrat challenger.
Perhaps in an effort to shake voters out of complacency, Bush’s own campaign strategists said they expect Kerry to have a 15-point lead by the end of the month, boosted as he will be by the acres of publicity Edwards has brought and, more importantly, by the party’s convention...........
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ROMFLMSAO
DING! DING>>>We have the one the only"somthin wong" Lee
ROFLMAO!! Yep, it's that McKenzie alright. He drove her straight to the Bay, weighted her down and dumped her and didn't bark even once!!!
ROFLMSAO.....gee can't spell today
I wish it were televised too but then I'd be going nuts at work all day. I would have my recorder going that's for sure.
you could put a tiny tv on your desk
Oh Lord, here we go again with the Bluh Spattr ewidence!!
"They have introduced the video showing Laci's blouse in the dirty clothes..suggesting she was killed when undressing for bed..."
That is what I believe as well. She still had her bra on when found....just starting to undress. I just wonder why he chose the day before Christmas Eve to do it. Maybe a confrontation after she spoke to Sharon?
At least with the Michael Peterson defense they had 1 theory that they stuck with and tried to persuade a jury to resonable doubt but Gagous has throw out so many theories that if I were a juror I would lean to the proscution just cause defense lawyer such a jerk and grabbing at straws......but then I have common sense
Heyyy.... hey... or maybe Scott said some things to Amber that made her think he was going to do some criminal act. It wouldn't have had to be something that mentioned Laci specifically--given that he was supposedly keeping Amber in the dark about Laci's existence.
I also read an update today that said the hot tub was on and bubbling away when the cops served that search warrant on Dec. 26. A small thing, but interesting.
Nothing like a relaxing hot tub after you've been exerting yourself for the last three days.
LOL, that's ok, I got your drift!
Frankly, the Defense would have done themselves a major favor if they had just shut up!! But Geragos CAN'T, he's always got to pull his "make grandiose statements Hollywood act". In this case, I think it is going to be Peterson's mouth and Geragos's mouth, that sinks the Defense. Peterson will likely convict himself. I am dying for the wiretaps evidence to come in.
Kind of like a Far Side cartoon, you know? One of those where he shows a dog driving a car? And McKenzie would be yelling out the window to Scott, "They'll never take me alive!"
"Nothing like a relaxing hot tub after you've been exerting yourself for the last three days."
LOL, or as I phrased it on another forum:
After two days of murder and cover-up, there's nothing like the hot tub to get the kinks out......
Great minds
LOL yeah.
Yes, and that video was taken... was it on the 24th or on the 26th? I think it was on one of those two dates.
And in a later search, that same maternity blouse was found balled up in a drawer.
So the maternity blouse just got up and walked from the hamper to the drawer?
"So the maternity blouse just got up and walked from the hamper to the drawer?"
In the world of Geragos....ANYTHING is possible. lol
And with what we know of Laci, I can't imagine her balling up a blouse and putting it in a drawer. The "lazy" thing to do is throw it over a chair or dresser top-I'm lazy so I know :)
Didn't she have a facial right before she came up missing? I'll bet she also had her legs waxed so she wouldn't have to shave. I wonder if the place where she got her facial also did waxing?
Right. Even when I don't put some piece of clothing in its proper place, I am always aware of how it might get wrinkled, or of whether it is dirty, or whether it has only been worn for an hour, etc. That's the way most women think.
And I'm no "Martha Stewart"!
The only people I've ever known to ball up a piece of clothing and put it in a drawer have been little boys. And, mentally, that is what Scott is.
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