Scott Peterson Convicted of Murdering Wife
Posted on 11/12/2004 5:07:03 AM PST by runningbear
Source: Peterson jury foreman wanted to be taken off panel
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Court TV) — The foreman dismissed from the jury deliberating murder charges against Scott Peterson Wednesday asked to be removed from the panel, a source close to the case told Court TV anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom.
"This juror wanted off the case," Guilfoyle Newsom reported Thursday.
The panelist, identified as Gregory Jackson, 46, quit the jury after his fellow jurors said they wanted another panelist to lead them, the source told Guilfoyle Newsom.
"He was removed as the foreperson and then decided he wanted off the case," Guilfoyle Newsom said.
Story continues ......
The courthouse was closed Thursday because of the Veteran's Day holiday and jurors remained in sequestration at their hotel. The panel is not permitted to discuss the case except in the jury room........
That's really GOOD.
But, not a live photo from today is it?
Thank you Dave!
Verdict spells relief in Peterson's hometown
MODESTO, Calif. - In the city where Laci Peterson and her husband once planned to raise a family, relief greeted word that Scott Peterson had been convicted Friday of murdering his pregnant wife.
Horns tooted, people clapped and Amy Tran, looking up from her lunch of Mexican food, uttered a loud "Yes!" as excitement replaced fears echoed by many that the former fertilizer salesman would walk free.
"He acted like a guilty person," said Tran, an expectant mother who works at a mortgage company. "If you love somebody, you're not going to sell their personal belongings," referring to how Peterson sold some of his wife's jewelry after she disappeared.
It didn't take long for the curious to return to the suspected scene of the crime - the couple's modest ranch house that became a shrine of flowers, candles and stuffed animals in the weeks after an eight-month pregnant Laci Peterson vanished on Christmas Eve two years ago.
Wade Travis, a neighbor, kneeled on the brick path leading to the front door of the Covena Avenue house and prayed.
"It blows me away that someone could feel it's their right to take a life," he said. "I prayed for the family for closure and to help in their healing."
As the crowd grew, police strung yellow crime scene tape around the home and began directing traffic, a reminder of the days when the unsolved mystery held friends, neighbors and strangers in its spell for months. People still managed to crawl beneath the tape to leave flowers.........
As far as I can tell, the media was not able to broadcast live with cameras...only audio. So, any photos are dated....
Do you know why?
If I am correct the only reason Scott would get death is under special circumstances such as two murders and premeditated. Maybe Utah is the same. Has to be special circumstances.
Thanks Vel, I appreciate it.
CO, Primal Defense? is that a supplement? I will look it up, thanks.
Yes, and where is Devil Anse? I have been in and out, but I suddenly notice, no DA?
Aphrodite Jones, a crime writer, holds up a special edition of the Redwood City Daily News, after the announcement of a first degree murder verdict in the Scott Peterson (news - web sites) case, outside of the courthouse in Redwood City, Calif., Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Ben Margo)tI don't get her??????
LOL, sorry!
Wasn't she pro-Scott??
Don't know... I emailed her.. was wondering myself... Maybe on vacation?....
I thought she was hip on Geragos?....
I'll second that! Thanks for everything, Runningbear.
And thank you to everyone on these threads.
8pm EST Dateline on NBC is doing recap about trial and the verdict.
Ugh. I only saw her a few times and I had to change the channel. I can't wait to see Jerilynn weeping.
Jackie Peterson (C), mother of Scott Peterson (news - web sites), her daughter-in-law Janey Peterson (R) and son Joe Peterson leave the courthouse after Scott Peterson was convicted of murder in Redwood City, Calif., November 12, 2004. After a trial that attracted nationwide attention, California fertilizer salesman Scott Peterson, 32, was found guilty on Friday in the Christmas Eve 2002 first-degree murder of his pregnant wife and second-degree murder of his unborn child. REUTERS/David Paul Morris/Pool
Dateline is just coming on here right now.
ALL about the verdict today!
FINALLY, I can see a program ALL about today!
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