Wow, I have to admit that I'm very ignorant regarding hearsay evidence. Great post, thanks.
Yes, Scott Peterson could have gone that route, but he wasn't that crafty. I think Laci found out that he was sleeping with other women, and he panicked.
We should put all these cases in perspective. The Clinton crimes, are a good start. They will probably never be called to justice in this world, but wait until HE judges them in the next world.
It's not hard to understand. Yet the post-FDR run-of-the-mill Constitutional scholars and the legislation writers can make it complex beyond all recognition.