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.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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He'll next claim he's Buckhead...lol
actually i was talking to YOU. Quit trying to attack me personally and attack my views so we cam have a meaningful conversation.
Give Scott an overdose of Viagara. It will probably give him a heart attack. Heard it's a hard way to die. :-)
Howlin, here is one article written after the 100th person was exonerated from death row back in 2002.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0412/p01s02-usju.html
I do---I wish he had been fired--not retired...lol
It would be easy over the bow or transom.
I'm not into personal attacks.
Stop whining.
There are more saved to my fav list, that I am reading up on. We have to do a report on this in our class.
Let me know, I will send some more if you need them.
You not into personal attacks?? very funny. I have received email from 4 different Freepers talking about your attacks on me...
Sorry Sac, could you clarify this for me? Perhaps you misused the word submerge. Maybe you meant emerge?
Anyway, I didn't miss the point. I was saying that nobody can know EXACTLY were an object will emerge from the depths as howlin suggested.
LOL-LOL-LOL!
We don't have that many thread nannies in the whole of FR.
Gary Gauger, who spent 3-1/2 years on death row in Illinois for the murder of his parents. In 1996, he was exonerated. He had been convicted by "Circumstantial evidence"
be glad to forward all the emails to you...
OK. I'm waiting.
BUT they shouldn't be crunched in the pliars AND Scott shouldn't have run to wash his clothes...not under this circumstance. If I were a detective....the big bulb would have gone off when he led me to the washing machine.
Yes you can--push it off the back of the boat.
Read the entire article. He wasnt convicted from DNA, dna is what exonerated him.
The point is people have been convicted because of circumstantial evidence and later found NOT guilty. It does happen.
Just because there is circumstantial evidence--IT DOES NOT always prove guilt. Ask the 100 people in that article. Ask the people already dead that were later exonerated.
As i have said before, I think he is guilty, but I will stand by the fact that there wasnt a fair trial, ALL evidence from Both sides was not heard. I am sure all here on FR would want their family member that is suspected of murder to have a fair trial with all evidence heard.
It would have to be based on all the events that occurred from the time the bodies were submerged until the time they surfaced.
You're dealing with moving objects and forces. Sufficient to say....the bodies surfaced in the general location of the Marina......not in the Park where Scott said Laci would have been walking the dog.
Aw gee, shucks....your site ain't working.
Gimme a link that works so I can check out your stuff.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0412/p01s02-usju.html
The link I posted above is from CSmonitor.com, that isnt my site. It has a story about 100 people "wrongfully" accused people being exonerated.
The link to my site is www.theconservativerepublican.com
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