[runningbear]

"Jeanette Sereno, a lawyer and assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice with California State University, Stanislaus, warned that Scott Peterson's reported liaison doesn't make him guilty of homicide.

"In fact, just because he (might be) a suspect doesn't automatically make him the defendant," she said."

I think Jeanette Sereno has been stuffed in the classroom too long.....

[runningbear]

Pinging.....

[Aquinasfan]

According to a 2001 study by the American Medical Association, the leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide.

Whoa.

My original prediction was a double abortion.

[RGSpincich]

hi runningbear and all. I'm in Mexico and keeping up, sort of, for $5/15 minutes. Keep pinging me. Thanks. Gotta go before my wife catches me. See Ya.

[PistolPaknMama]

Statistics bump, y'all! :-)

[Yeti]

Nearly 7 percent of victims were killed by their spouses.

That ain't much!

Stranger is more than 5 times as likely as that.

[Freedom2specul8]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict_c.htm

Just wanted to add this..
I'm not sure where the sociology professor got her stats, but this is just as valid.

"During 2001 -- For murder victims, 45% were related to or acquainted with their assailants; 15% of victims were murdered by strangers, while almost 40% of victims had an unknown relationship to their murderer. "

[Freedom2specul8]

I'd also like to know what source she used to find out the victims were pregnant..

Of course, it could be from the "National Crime Victimization Survey in 2001", and I've just not found it.

[Freedom2specul8]

ok, I reread it..

She got her stats from the "California Department of Justice" an the "AMA"

[Arthalion]

I didn't realize that this thread existed, and originally posted this response in a dead thread elsewhere. Forgive me for duping this:

If Scott Peterson was looking to improve his image, this was pretty bad PR. As I've mentioned in previous threads, I went to high school with Laci, my sister lives just down the street from the Petersons, and I met Scott a couple days after Laci disappeared when I was assisting the search. Honestly, I've taken the accusations against him with a grain of salt, and given him the benefit of the doubt. He took out a life insurance policy on his wife? So did I when my wife became pregnant with my first child. He went fishing on Christmas Eve? I once got angry at my wife and went fishing on her birthday...men can be pricks sometimes, that doesn't make them murderers. He was the last one to see her alive? I'm the last one to see my wife every morning as I go to work. He had an affair? See the pricks and murderers comment.

But any doubts I had vanished this morning. I knew Laci Rocha...had a huge crush on her for a while in high school (she was a cheerleader, and I was a chess club geek, so it was strictly one sided), but I remember her being a very headstrong, outspoken girl who always got her way and let everyone know how she felt about something. As I sat there this morning and listened to Scott Peterson explain how he'd told Laci about the affair, and that she had not objected, only one word came to my mind: Bullshit!

Bullshit!
Bullshit!
Bullshit!
Bullshit!

The Laci Rocha I knew would have beat the crap out of him with blunt objects, screamed at the top of her lungs for hours, and then thrown him out of the house. And that was the normal Laci, not the eight months pregnant, emotionally unstable Laci that Scott would have faced. When she was pregnant, my wife would get mad at me for looking at another woman...I can only imagine what Laci would have done if Scott had told her he was having an affair. And she didn't tell her MOTHER? Yeah right, from what I understand, her family was very close, and coupling that with her outspokenness, I just cannot believe that Laci wouldn't have mentioned it. Or her friends? This was a 27 year old woman who had friends so close that they kicked out their husbands and had sleepovers from time to time...and she didn't tell any of them? I REALLY doubt that.And about that point, my wife realized something and spoke up. It's obvious he is lying...I could tell, she could tell, Diane Sawyer could tell, and everybody watching the show could tell that he was lying through his teeth to try and improve his image and cover his a**. So, she pointed out, why would he make such a baldfaced lie if he knew that there was a chance Laci could come home and call him on it? The answer, of course, is that he wouldn't. There is no way Scott Peterson would have gone on national television and told such a blatantly obvious baldface lie unless he was 100% sure that Laci isn't coming home. And how would he know that?

Unless he did it.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Homicide victims usually know killer

And many homicides are never solved. This may very well be one of those cases, as it slowly fades into the back pages...

[HairOfTheDog]

Homicide victims usually know killer

I haven't read the article, but the headline makes me want to say "DUH!"

You have to know me, usually, to get pissed off enough to want to kill me.

[monkey]

Approximately 46 percent of victims were related to the killer in some other way.
Nearly 7 percent of victims were killed by their spouses.
About 7 percent of the victims were killed by a parent or child.
About 4 percent of the killers had an "other" relationship with the victim. That could mean they were dating or roommates, for example.

Interesting numbers. I think the general conception is that the spouse is far more likely (statistically) than they actually are.

[KneelBeforeZod]

don't mean nuthin'

same reason as "you are more likely to have a car accident within 5 miles of your home"