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
Friday, November 12, 2004 Posted
transcript of CNN account of the verdict.......
Everyones speculating about why Lee P wasn't there today. So here's my 2 cents:
The defense is gonna make Lee the scapegoat during the penalty phase. He's gonna get up there and admit that he put too much pressure on his son. Not go so far as to admit that Scott did it. But just paint a picture of Scott as a person whose parents expected too much of him.