[First Amendment]

Karla LaVey, founder of the San Francisco-based First Sa-tanic Church, said the Peterson defense team was using the satanic tactic as an attempt to deflect blame on a misunderstood and unfairly vilified group.

I think it's fair to villify Satan worshippers. And I think it's okay not to understand them.

[Commander8]

I beleive Satanic ritual abuse and murder exists, however the defence is obviously trying to taint the jury pool by starting what was known in the late '80s and early '90s as a "Satanic Panic."