Posted on 06/11/2003 5:28:55 AM PDT by runningbear
Ditto.
I'm sure his expertise is remarkable, but I still think his opinion is for sale.
I also get the impression that he counts on his much touted reputation to portray himself as the last word on forensic evidence and thus willing to persuade for which ever side he favors, with no scruples.
If the prosecution is going outside for forensic help this cannot be a good thing for them.
Absolutely..the almighty dollar does the talking..
Would the prosecution hire Lee and then not use his services? What a waste of taxpayer money.
If the Prosecution hires Lee and Lee's finding are more to their liking then they have "battling reports" within their own camp. Imagine the defense calling the County Coroner and forensic experts as rebuttal witnesses.
As to the defense hiring Lee, the defense has to hire someone if only to explain that the prosecution has little evidence of note.
Don't flame me gang but I don see what physical evidence the State has as to cause of death and premeditation.
Yolo officials continue work to identify remains
Will check to see if DNA matches Laci Peterson
By PATRICIA VALENZUELA
Democrat staff writer
Representatives from Mark Geragos' office left the Yolo County Coroner's Office Monday. Geragos is the attorney representing Scott Peterson, who is accused of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son Conner. Geragos has publicly suggested that members of a satanic cult could have killed Laci and Conner Peterson. Representatives from Geragos' office first contacted the coroner's office last week after human remains were found in large plastic containers in Davis. "They wanted to know if we will check the DNA for a match on Laci and the answer is yes, of course we will. It will be routine," said Supervising Deputy Coroner Mary Koompin-Williams. A 22-year-old Davis man found the body parts near a dumpster in a trailer park community last Tuesday. The man discovered they were human remains and decided to throw them away at the Yolo County Landfill where he was depositing trash. The man's mother urged him to contact Davis Police after he explained what he had found. Officials have said the remains are at least two months old. Some remains are mummified while others are skeletal or decomposed remains. A partial fingerprint did not provide officials with an identity Friday.
The remains will be entered into a Department ......
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Real evil is seldom evident at a glance
Sherri Winston
Real evil is seldom evident at a glance
Published June 11, 2003
The question that keeps repeating in my head is, "What if Scott Peterson didn't kill his wife?"
Laci Peterson's murder has drawn the eye of the nation. The A&E network calls it one of the great mysteries -- great in the sense of dark and profound, the way we continue to feel a certain surge of fascination at the mere mention of the Charles Manson murders.
So much circumstantial evidence has piled up against Scott Peterson, not to mention the way he comes off to the media. Cold. Aloof. Unemotional. But what if the guy just doesn't give good TV?
If you are not intimate with the details in the deaths of 28-year-old Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Connor, Modesto, Calif., could use you in its jury pool.
Laci disappeared on Christmas Eve. Her husband, Scott, said he went fishing at a marina 80 miles away; he said Laci was supposed to walk the dog. Scott said that when he returned, Laci couldn't be found. The dog was later discovered wandering around with his leash, but no Laci.
Months after she disappeared, Laci's badly decomposed remains, along with the remains of Connor, surfaced in approximately the same area where Peterson said he'd gone fishing.
Now Scott is under arrest, charged with murder. He has a high-powered, big-name attorney. The attorney has launched an alternate theory: Laci was killed by a Satanic cult.
Part of me wishes the presiding judge would issue a gag order. The non-journalist part. The part that appreciates how devastating each newly leaked piece of evidence must feel to those who knew Laci. I can't shake the look of her in that one photo, the one where she's sitting alone, looking directly into the camera. Fingers laced against her knee. Brunette hair. The kind of smile that could sell toothpaste or SUVs or send flutters through the hearts of teenage bag boys at the supermarket.
Before Christmas Eve, Laci was just an ordinary person. A wife, a friend, a daughter, a soon-to-be-mom. In death, she is larger than life. She is a Big Story.
As much as I want the judge to keep Laci's death from becoming a media circus, I can't help feeling hungry for the images. It's the whole bogeyman thing. The monsters under the bed. That beatific image of Laci Peterson, eight months pregnant, makes me think only a true monster could do to her what has been done.
I keep staring at the video of him in the courtroom. Keep squinting, thinking maybe the camera can pick up something the naked eye cannot. I am looking for evil. Some twitch, some tic or posture or gleam of the eye that says, "Yes, I could kill my beautiful wife and my unborn son."
Have not seen it, though. He does not look like the bogeyman. At worse, he looks like a guy who fooled around on his wife and got caught. He appears contrite, incredulous and emotionally taut. Circumstantially, he looks guilty.
Then I think of Richard Ricci, the ex-con in Utah who was eventually arrested in the wake of Elizabeth Smart's abduction. He'd been busted for theft. Disappeared for a short time after the girl did. Had a car that showed excessive mileage based on his mechanic's records, mileage he could not account for. Ricci died in jail while Elizabeth remained missing. He looked like a really good and likely suspect.
Then Elizabeth came home........
Update on the Davis remains, and MG's teams middling in.
((Oh course, ALL ARE SPAMMED!!!))...LOL... So, if he got those, and clicked on the link, I can see how that would pop up from his puter....If he had linked onto several other sites, well, there would be bigger questions then.
Purchasing online, would leave a confirmation reference number, or confirming the purchase, and statement of payment of how paid, either his/her bank account, a bogus account(Laci wasn't aware, seems scaughty was full of himself in secretcy.) or a charge card/debit card reference, monthly statements.
I'm with you...I think Geragos is looking for a reduced charge of manslaughter to save SP's ass life. Scott can then look forward to meeting his cellmate...Unlike on death row.
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