Posted on 11/12/2004 11:24:19 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
News Alert: Scott Peterson Verdict to be announced today at 4:00 Eastern Time.
Could you please tell me what they found? I mean from a legal standpoint? Whether he's guilty or not, they convicted on assumptions. Doesn't that scare anyone on this thread? It scares the hell out of me. And I'm a totally law abiding citizen. He's a creep as far as cheating on his wife and lying to her, but that doesn't make him a murderer.
well, the jerk has now lost two high profile cases, that should help his practice
Oh..I agree..I was thrilled with that new law..It applies to federal cases.
Hey SCOTTY, THIS "o" is ur posterior before jail...
THIS "( )" is ur posterior after jail......
Was Jackson on with Geraldo last night? He's subject to a gag order and the less we see and hear of him and his family, the better I'll feel. Frankly, I doubt even Geraldo can help his case.
Nancy never did think Scott was guilty. She fell in love with him.
I was so pleased with the verdict, but surprised I was farful they would let him walk, but hoped at least for second degree, I too cried when the verdict was guilty of first degree.
Interesting that the TV news said that he heard the verdict with no emotion, well what is new? He always showed no emotion, you look at him, his eyes were blank like no soul.
So Scott, exactly what is your position on that same sex marriage thing?
Richard Allen Davis, Polly Klaas' killer, is housed in the area of San Quentin designated for its most brutal murderers, awaiting the conclusion of appeals that go through the California Supreme Court and federal courts.
Even inside the prison, where crimes against children are seen as especially loathsome, some inmates feel that the state is not moving quickly enough against Davis, officials said.
"Any inmate that gets a chance will try to kill him," Lt. Michael Barker, who runs the most-violent inmate area, said during only the second visit by journalists in 36 years.
Also hated because he helped prompt California to toughen sentences for repeat offenders, Davis was attacked by an arriving inmate a year and a half ago, Barker said.
DECADES AWAITING DEATH
Past history suggests it could be another decade or more before the death penalty truly threatens Davis. "It's not unusual for a man to be in here 20 years before an execution sentence is carried out," said San Quentin warden Jill Brown.
The last man executed, Stephen Wayne Anderson, had been on death row for 20 years before his 2002 death. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (news - web sites), the average time nationwide between sentencing and execution from 1977 to 2002 was just over 10 years with a total of 820 prisoners executed.
"The reason that it takes so long (in California) is that as a society we've made the correct choice. If we're going to kill somebody, we better be goddamn sure that the person actually did it and that he received a fair trial," said Steve Fama at the Prison Law Office which represents inmates.
Some of California's most notorious murderers are not on death row. Charles Manson and Robert Kennedy's assassin Sirhan Sirhan saw their death sentences commuted to life in prison after court decisions cleared death row in the 1970s.
Several inmates interviewed at San Quentin, which opened in 1852, said they hoped their sentences too would be overturned.
"Maybe I'll get a new trial and get out of here," said one prisoner who has been on death row since 1989.
James Robinson, who has been on death row more than a decade, said the accused with money such as O.J. Simpson or Scott Peterson (news - web sites) -- now on trial on double-murder charges -- stood a much better chance to avoid death than the poor.
"If you're not poor, you're pretty much going to be getting out," he said, speaking from behind bars.
State officials say lawyers are reluctant to take on death penalty appeals cases which slows the process, perhaps deliberately so because some oppose the death penalty. Overall, however, Californians support capital punishment with a Field poll in March finding 68 percent in favor and 26 percent against.
Sad to know he had killed before. I agree, too much of a coincidence for it to be anything else.
I always thought , but for the grace of God, how I'd react, I had a friend from childhood, who lost all five of her children in a fire and a week later her husband died from injuries, she was at work, I do not know how one survives this
You know what? I came to the conclusion that John Kerry has narcissitic personality disorder during the campaiging.
I even saw another FReeper kept posting the symptoms of NPD on here. I thought he had it before I saw the symptoms and was convinced afterward.
our media is turning into out and out comedy... my fave line of the media glam stumbling all over themselves while waiting for the verdict was the Fox News Skirt saying "one of the important things to look for will be the jurors EYE LANGUAGE AND BODY CONTACT"...
lol... talk about juror misconduct.. me thinks i need to reconsider my attempts to get out of jury duty if we got body contact going on in their these days.. lol
Thank goodness. Now we can get back to the really important news like Michael Jackson. < /sarcasm >
Hmmm.
Didn't it come out during the trial that Scott had had at least several affairs during their marriage? As parents, wouldn't you know there was SOMEHTING not right with him?
you contradict yourself here.
The only pain they are suffering from is the delusion that thier poor boy was wrongly convicted. They are enablers.
perhaps they are doing what parents do, in spite of what their son was just convicted of.
Somebody oughta send those pics (of Frey) to Peterson, just so he can think...about not being with her and about her out there with someone else! LOL!!
I just really wonder if he gets it YET? This whole thing is like a mind game with him .. and I don't believe he ever believed he'd be convicted.. and probably is still sitting there thinking that he'll somehow charm his way out of this. Sick boy.
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