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Judge removes juror from Scott Peterson's murder trial
Court TV ^ | 11/09/04 | Harriet Ryan

Posted on 11/10/2004 5:35:09 AM PST by runningbear

Judge removes juror from Scott Peterson's murder trial


Scott Peterson could face the death penalty if convicted of killing his wife and unborn son

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Jurors who have been weighing capital murder charges against Scott Peterson for five days were ordered Tuesday afternoon to start from scratch after a panelist was removed from the jury and replaced with an alternate.

Judge Alfred Delucchi did not give a specific reason for the removal of the woman, Juror 7, but indicated in his instructions to the remaining jurors that the dismissed juror may have violated court rules by trying to investigate the case on her own.

"You must decide all questions of fact in this case from the evidence received in this trial and not from any other source," the judge added after reading jurors the standard, state-approved jury instructions given to deliberating jurors when one of their number is dismissed.

The extra sentence is part of the an official instruction entitled "Juror Forbidden To Make Any Independent Investigation." While that instruction is delivered to all juries before they begin deliberating, it is not normally read again when a panelist is dismissed.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: avoidingchildsupport; conner; ibefishing; ihaveanalibi; ihavenolife; laci; lacipeterson; sonkiller; whome; wifekiller
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To: sarasota
IMHO Justin hates women, no doubt had difficulty getting dates with anyone half-way normal. And he adores Scott, wishes he were just like him.

It is beyond me why the talk shows even consider the opinion of anyone with his limited IQ and deep prejudices. Except perhaps to turn it into a freak show while they giggle about him behind his back.

41 posted on 11/10/2004 7:18:46 AM PST by Dante3
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To: fellowpatriot
only 10 out of the 12 jurors had to agree

When Sharon Rocha goes to civil court on the wrongful death suit, that's the way it will be.

42 posted on 11/10/2004 7:19:06 AM PST by RGSpincich
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To: Jackie-O; runningbear

Morning all!

OK Enquiring minds want to know if Juror #7 lurked here????

Speaking of Enquirer don't waste your money on the Globe for pics the jurors saw that Globe published.

We have SEEN THEM ALL. They even had one of Lace waving with really bad resolution.

My days are flipped over due to a long all day trip and the euphoria it brought. 9am is usually bedtime.

Also sorry about the misinformation on Arafat being dead, the stupid news media keeps saying he is dead, no he is not dead over and over.

They reported he was seen by a cleric today and they are making funeral arangements.


43 posted on 11/10/2004 7:19:07 AM PST by oceanperch ( President Bush and The First Lady Laura God Bless You!)
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To: Constitution Day

One can hope....

44 posted on 11/10/2004 7:30:42 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Of course a winning Powerball ticket wouldn't hurt.)
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To: runningbear
Let's hope the Judge makes MG remove the boat from the premises.

sw

45 posted on 11/10/2004 7:33:20 AM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: RGSpincich; runningbear; All

check this out!!!
http://www.courttv.com/trials/peterson/juryblog.html


46 posted on 11/10/2004 7:42:40 AM PST by Jackie-O
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To: All
Mock demo parked on MG owned property.
47 posted on 11/10/2004 7:44:12 AM PST by Jackie-O
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To: Tijeras_Slim
"...the dismissed juror may have violated court rules by trying to investigate the case on her own."

She's probably surfing FR's Scott Peterson threads...


48 posted on 11/10/2004 7:47:44 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day; Max Combined
She's probably surfing FR's Scott Peterson threads...

I think she's stalking Max Combined.

49 posted on 11/10/2004 7:49:08 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Of course a winning Powerball ticket wouldn't hurt.)
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To: Dante3

I know I'm not the only one who automatically changes the channel the minute i see Justins face on the TV screen.

Can I get an AMEN?!


50 posted on 11/10/2004 7:49:20 AM PST by uncitizen
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To: RGSpincich

Why do you think she'll go to civil court? Do you think there'll by anything left to sue for?


51 posted on 11/10/2004 7:59:02 AM PST by fellowpatriot
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL!


52 posted on 11/10/2004 8:01:42 AM PST by Max Combined (Clinton is "the notorious Oval Office onanist ")
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To: runningbear
Offer folks $50,000 to the first person who is able to dump a body from a boat identical to Scott's and there would be hundreds of videos showing how it could be done.

Scott had even more motivation to be able to make it happen.
53 posted on 11/10/2004 8:03:53 AM PST by Max Combined (Clinton is "the notorious Oval Office onanist ")
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To: uncitizen
Amen.

In addition to not wanting to subject myself to Justin's babblings, I also put on mute or switch channels whenever certain defense attorneys start talking: the creepy Cordoza; the smirking and dumb Weintraub; and others. It is hard to stay awake when Hammer speaks. From the way they talk, there is no guilty person and their comments are often absurd, an insult to the viewers.

I do enjoy listening to Jeff Fieger, Gloria Allred, Kimberly Newsome, Nancy Grace, Beth Karas. What ever happened to Mark Fuhrman -- he is a fascinating speaker?

54 posted on 11/10/2004 8:08:31 AM PST by Dante3
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To: Tijeras_Slim; Eaker

Eaker trying to cock his trebuchet with supervision again ?


55 posted on 11/10/2004 8:09:18 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Dante3

I agree with your opinion on every single one of those people. You know what they say about great minds, doncha?


56 posted on 11/10/2004 8:10:57 AM PST by uncitizen
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To: Jackie-O
He was calling Amber a "Side Salad" on Abrams yesterday.

Ok, what's a "Side Salad"?

57 posted on 11/10/2004 8:20:13 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs (The key to a nice-looking lawn is a good mower. I recommend one who is muscular and shirtless)
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To: runningbear

Thanks, rb.

What is up with Geragos and his 'demo' boat????

Is this what Fred was talking about on CTV earlier this morning? He speculated Geragos would get called into chambers and be slapped about a bit for something.

If a member of the public put out such a boat, Geragos would be screaming MISTRIAL if the jurors' bus rode past it!

He obviously still has more tricks in bag. This is appalling.

Pinz


58 posted on 11/10/2004 8:24:19 AM PST by pinz-n-needlez
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To: Max Combined

Morning Max! :-)

Pinz


59 posted on 11/10/2004 8:26:51 AM PST by pinz-n-needlez
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To: Jackie-O

Oh, I agree. He's dumber than a sack of rocks. He gets booted because he can't follow directions. I am ever so happy #7 is gagged.....I don't want to hear from jurors booted for misconduct. Just as I don't care to hear from alternates who didn't deliberate....Falconer would vote not guilty if the prosecution had a video of Snott murdering Laci...


60 posted on 11/10/2004 8:30:33 AM PST by Annie03
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