Posted on 12/07/2004 6:15:31 AM PST by crushelits
Witnesses: Jury Wrongly Convicted Peterson
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. In tearful testimony, Scott Peterson's (search) family and friends pleaded with jurors to spare his life, contending that he was mistakenly convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci.
Defense witnesses have already testified that Peterson sang to seniors on Sundays, distributed food and clothes in Tijuana and that he was a good friend and loving son.
On the fifth day of the trial's penalty phase, Peterson's relatives questioned the jury's verdict.
"I don't believe he's guilty," said his uncle, John Lathamke to see him die. It would tear our family apart."
But jurors showed no expression, some even looking away or toward the ground as Latham spoke.
Testimony in the seven-month-old trial's penalty phase was set to continue Tuesday and run into the next day before closing arguments. Jurors were expected to begin deliberating Thursday whether to sentence Peterson to life without parole or the death penalty.
Peterson was convicted Nov. 12 of one count of first-degree murder in the death of his pregnant wife, Laci, and one count of second-degree murder for the killing of her fetus.
Prosecutors say he smothered or strangled Laci Peterson (search) in their Modesto home on or around Christmas Eve 2002, then dumped her body into San Francisco Bay. The remains of the victims were discovered about four months later a few miles from where Peterson claims to have been fishing alone the day his wife vanished.
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It ain't my theory. I'm just answering someone's post.
Of course, if you cut the arms and head off first.....
Don't have to. And his lawyers knew it could be easily refuted so they never brought it up. You think Fox news has an insight that his lawyers didn't? LOL
although Fox News had experts saying it would tip.
One "expert", and I've seen that dope be wrong on several occasions. But hey, if Fox news hires some dope to "rock the boat", it must be right! LOL
That whole little goofy demonstration was as laughable as the glove "fitting" at the OJ trail.
Let's play your game. So what if the boat tipped.
Is Scott going to get up in court and admit he got
wet and had one hell of a time dumping her?
Personally, (and this is speculation) I think he towed her behind the boat.
Prove to me why Lacy's Hair in her OWN house should be used to convict Scott. Anybody with a Wife with long hair spots hair all over the house. Does this prove I murdered my wife although she is still alive?
Now I know you aren't current with the facts.
The only hair evidence was one strand of Laci's
entwined in the pliers found in Scott's boat...
The jurors heard ALL the evidence that was LEGALLY ADMISSABLE
Wouldnt proof of the boat tipping be legal evidence? Why wasnt it shown? If it wasnt legal evidence, why not?
Where did you see anyone trolling for hits? What web site? You keep saying this but I can't find it. Do you have the URL of your website?
>>Prove to me why Lacy's Hair in her OWN house should be used to convict Scott<<
Hey -rocket-scientist--the hair was found in a boat ( not the house ) that Laci didn't even know about. She was never in that boat while she was alive.
My opinion concurs with the jury's,
all of whom were in court everyday.
You cannot possibly be this dense, can you?
My wifes hair in our house, 2 weeks before she was murdered I cheated on her, 3 weeks before she was murdered someone saw us arguing.
Did her body show up the exact place you were the day she went missing?
Were you unaccounted for that entire day?
Were you the last person to see her alive?
Did cell phone records put you in places you said you weren't?
Did you tell people two weeks before she went missing that she was already dead?
Did you lie about where you were that day?
Did you lie about the affair?
Did you tell people you knew who killed her but you couldn't say right now?
All circumstantial evidence and something alot of men has done
Perhaps you should just speak for yourself regarding that.
My point about the boat tipping, is if it had tipped, either he wouldnt have continued throwing her body over the side or if he had--the boat would have sank.
Actually there can be an appeal if he gets life, but if he gets death the appeal is automatic.
Total nonsense.
What person said Scott said all of those things? Amber Frey? Yeah, I believe her. She is getting a book deal worth hundreds of thousands out of it. Just one more reason for an appeal.
There were two people kicked off the jury at the very end, in the last weeks, correct?
Yep, if there were many little bits of evidence, you WOULD be convicted, because you did kill her. Fishing on Christmas Eve in the same spot her body was dumped, not knowing what you were fishing for, lying to the police, hawking her jewelry, selling her house, calling your girlfriend during wife's wake, injuries on your hands that look like scratch marks, lying to the police repeatedly, being caught with your appearance changed, gobs of cash and a ticket for Mexico, lying more to the authorities, not reacting when the bodies were found and on and on and on.
Scott wasn't convicted on 5 or 10 or even 15 bits of evidence, but much more. It is the sum of all the parts that points to only one missing piece of the puzzle...Scott.
I see you have never been on a boat. ARe you saying a tipped over boat wouldnt sink?
I have been in a tipped over fishin' boat in the river. It was a bugger, but we flipped it back over.
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