[Tuxedo]

I cannot believe the obtuse publicity this case is receiving. People are killed every day. WTF is with all this celibrity? Prior to her disappearance, no one knew who Laci Peterson was except her family and friends. While tragic, turning this into the next OJ is just stupid on the media's part.

Meanwhile we ignore a real story about a hostage situation in a consulate, and a major initiative in the war on terror.

[homemom]

I agree! While the case is tragic, there are MANY tragedies every single day.

I'm so sick of hearing about these dysfunctional males--but Greta loves them! Kobe Bryant, Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson . . . IMHO they should all be locked in a tiny cell with Martha Stewart as the cell manager. She can leave when her five months are up, they can stay forever, with NO MORE PUBLICITY.

[Quilla]

I have yet to figure out the mainstreams' fascination with the Peterson murder. Check out these statistics I ran across:

"On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. The same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner.

Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of any other cause , and evidence exists that a significant proportion of all female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners."

[hershey]

You're right, the Peterson trial is being played like OJ's. But there's any underlying evil that doesn't get enough attention: pregnant women at great risk of injury and/or death at the hands of their babies' fathers. It's all about money, of course. Peterson killed his wife and son, but I suspect he'll get off. Maybe a mistrial, and maybe the state will decide not to retry him.