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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"You have been told repeatedly on this thread that the bottom of that bay is like a junk yard -- and just in case you don't know, CEMENT doesn't show up on sonar."
You have just made the claim that cement does not reflect sound waves when you said it doesn't show up on sonar. Have you ever heard an echo inside a stadium before? A reflected sound wave is what sonar uses to locate objects. Why would sound reflect off concrete above ground, but not under water? And wouldn't the amount of sound being reflected by a given target depend on the frequency of the sound waves directed at the target? Do you think the searchers used a single frequency sonar search or did they use a spectrum of frequencies? Do you think maybe I understand a little more about sonar than you give me credit for?
"I find it amusing that you appear to have no common sense at all."
Well, I don't find it amusing at all that you appear to have no knowledge of science, an inability to apply basic logic, and that you think you have some sort of legal expertise because you performed a clerical function inside a courtroom. As a consequence of these apparent shortcomings you have concluded that Scott Peterson is guilty without any doubt much less beyond reasonable doubt.
All that drivel, of course, is just you taking up font space here at FR.
The experts who testified at trial disagree with you completely.
Thank goodness.
Scott snuffs spouses by the seashore.
Give me a private postal address and I'll send you some. It is all original music. It ain't George Strait, but it isn't bad.
It's NEVER about what Scott DID to Lacy or having an affair - nah, it's all about the "nice" Scott and what it WILL DO TO people who still care about this human debris.
He can sing to seniors in prison to.
In fact he can be a very nice boy in prison ... .
Perhaps you have forgotten that you have said to me that you have "wasted" too much time on me already. Now you've gone and wasted some more.
Perhaps ignorance of the Peterson case is, in fact, bliss. But ignorance of the the Peterson case does not indicate a "life in ignorant bliss."
You and Howlin have apparently invested so much of yourselves in the Peterson case that you are irritated by folks who have not invested as much and impatient with those who are not as informed about the Peterson case and yet are so audatious as to not accept you as the sole arbiters of the true facts of this matter.
It appears to me that you only want to converse with those with whom you are in total agreement...I for one would find that utterly boring.
In any event...I'll not tire you further with my ignorance of the Peterson case...if there is anything about which you two are not omniscient, feel free to engage me, as my ignorance is not absolute, and my patience is abundant.
The experts can't determine the cause of death.
This case was built on circumstantial evidence.
Wouldn't surprise me if she says a whole lot of stuff that she shouldn't. Today Gloria Allred was talking about how JP often says something negative (my term, can't remember now exactly what term it was) to her, when she sees Gloria in the halls.
Gloria said that today when she was on her cell phone, JP came up to her and said something mean or inappropriate, though GA would not say what it was, just blurted it out while GA was talking.
Perhaps you have forgotten that you have said to me that you have "wasted" too much time on me already. Now you've gone and wasted some more.
My previous post to you was forced because you
elected to rudely talk about me and Howlin to another
poster without pinging either Howlin or me.
I will always come to my own defense.
I will not waste further time with you on SP's case.
This is what makes these murders so much more chilling. To think that a man who professed to love his wife, if only for a time could so turn completely around and hate her so much that he could not only kill her and their baby but the mutilate her body. What goes through a person's head while doing that heonous act? Is there a sense of some odd justification. What can be the need? So much anger that it clouds the mind? Or just an excessive amount of selfishness that anything that get's in the way of the current desires can be so "easily" dismissed.
Listening to the comments of the witnesses for the defense I nearly gag on the sugar that is dispensed. I will have to take an extra 30 units of insulin to make it through the night. Diversion is an interesting game at best.
Oooohhh, you are being naughty tonight!
Signed,
Sings Like a Turkey
PS: There is also "Chief Itchy Toe", "Snow on the Roof", and the world famous "Stinkysmell the Hawiian Trembling Hound".
Bubba awaits....
I have already been accepted into law school. There can be a retrial because of judicial errors. If it is found later that the Police lied under oath, there can be a retrial. There are several reasons that there can be a mistrial. Not gonna argue with you about it anymore. I spoke with my professor today (that has been teaching for 22 years) but you probably also know more than him.
http://law.northwestern.edu/
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/
The school above (Northwestern) which I will start attending in just a few weeks have examples of people found guilty by circumstantial evidence that was later exonerated.
18 people from Illinois alone have been exonerated. Some of those cases are very similar to the Peterson case...
"Well, I don't find it amusing at all that you appear to have no knowledge of science, an inability to apply basic logic, and that you think you have some sort of legal expertise because you performed a clerical function inside a courtroom. As a consequence of these apparent shortcomings you have concluded that Scott Peterson is guilty without any doubt much less beyond reasonable doubt."
Poodlebrain--You mean all this guy has done was some clerical work in the courtroom? Oh Lord. The way he talks you would think he is a Lawyer or better yet, a Judge. He has called me ignorant and dense and than has the audacity to claim that he didnt attack me personally.
I am a guy that works fulltime, writes for my website and im putting myself through school, but according to him I am dense.
Im glad im not the only one that saw that some things he says(especially science related) just doesnt add up.
There are two people on this thread that have resorted to personal attacks when they are hit with a question they cant answer. I dont need to name those two, Im sure we all know...
Joe
I am a certified verbatim court reporter and have been for over 20 years.
I've seen more trials than you ever will.
There are two people on this thread that have resorted to personal attacks when they are hit with a question they cant answer.
Look, you got busted for your misinformation and outright lies; if it makes you feel any better to try to denigrate the people who busted you, go right ahead; in fact, it only makes you look dumber because people you look down on know more than you do.
Who are the other 300????
The earth can open up and swallow Scott Peterson, but that's not going to happen either.
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