LOL......now now........
LACI'S MOTHER: 'YOU DESERVE TO BURN IN HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY'
By Jessie Seyfer
Mercury News
Judge Alfred Delucchi sentenced Scott Peterson to die by lethal injection for the murders of his wife, Laci Peterson, and they unborn son they were going to name Conner.
While issuing his decision in a Redwood City courtroom this morning, Delucchi called the killing ``cruel, uncaring, heartless and callous.''
Delucchi said that ``the factors in aggravation are so substantial when compared to the factors of mitigation that death is warranted.''
The judge then allowed members of Laci Peterson's family to speak, which touched off a shouting match and led to Scott Peterson's father leaving the courtroom.
``I hope you regret the choices you've made,'' said Laci's brother, Brent Rocha. ``How do you not know that it's not right to take someone else's life? Why did you have to kill? Did you really hate Laci and Conner that much or did you dislike yourself?''
Rocha called Scott Peterson ``evil'' and said that when the verdict was handed down in January he went out and bought a gun.
``I chose not to kill you myself,'' Rocha said, ``because you would have to sweat it out.''
He told Peterson that it may take 25 years before he's executed, but that ultimately he'll have to face his crime -- and his victims.
``By the way, when you walk to that execution chamber, look out and you'll see Brooks Island,'' Rocha said, ``and you'll know that Laci and Conner have come to take you away.''
Other members of Laci Peterson's family spoke, including her mother, Sharon Rocha.
``There's unbelievable sadness in my heart for the loss of what was and what should have been,'' she told Peterson. ``The Scott I knew was the one Laci loved and I entrusted him with her. Scott you made a conscious decision to murder Laci and Conner; you planned and executed their murders. Yes, you did. You decided to throw Laci and Conner away and dispose of them as if they're just a piece of garbage.''
She then told Peterson that he got ``what you deserve and that's death.''
``We had to bury Laci without her arms to hold her baby and without her head to kiss and smell her baby,'' she told him. ``You have no idea what that does to my soul.''
She finished by suggesting what must have gone through her daughter's mind and the offered her own parting shot: ``Now, Scott Peterson I'm saying this to you. You deserve to burn in hell for all eternity.''
Earlier this morning, Delucchi also denied a motion from Peterson's attorneys for a new trial.
The same jury that convicted Peterson of first- and second-degree murder recommended in December that Peterson be put to death. Delucchi agreed: ``The court is satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Scott Lee Peterson, is guilty of first-degree murder.''
The former Modesto fertilizer salesman entered the Redwood City courtroom wearing a dark suit and shackled at the waist with handcuffs.
Delucchi's denial of the motion for a new trial was expected. Much of the rationale used by Peterson's lawyer, Mark Geragos, in his motion -- two jurors should not have been dismissed, the trial should have been moved from San Mateo County, various evidence should not have been allowed -- already had been ruled on by Delucchi during the trial and deliberations.
You have to admit it would be some kind of poetic justice for a little torture as he views the bay, on a daily basis, for the rest of his life (as long as that is).