[runningbear]

Pinging ya on a few stories here....

[runningbear]

Pinging ya on a few stories here....

[runningbear]

Pinging ya on a few stories here....

Yeti, if you get pinged, I could of overlooked double typed your name... Will look to make sure .... ;o)

[alloysteel]

So far, the case against Scott Peterson is almost entirely circumstantial. Time, location, and opportunity should be strong indicators that the possibility of Scott committing homicide on Laci and unborn son Conner is much higher than mere chance. Motive may be uncertain, but the extramarital activities by Scott do not speak well. What has not been revealed is a firm, inarguable link between the demise of Laci and son Conner, and actions by Scott that contributed to that demise. The prosecution may have this, if sufficient information may be gleaned from the autopsy report, by knowledgeable persons qualified to interpret that report. There may be other forensic evidence, that place Scott and Laci in proximity after the time he left the house on the way to the launch of the fishing boat.

I have watched a lot of TV courtroom dramas too. Makes me almost as good an armchair expert as anybody.

[ftriggerf]

Hi, I have lurked since the beginning and just signed up for posting. Will you please add me to your pinging list? You post excellent information, Thank you!

[ijcr]

This is a case of trial by the media and an example of why gag orders should be the norm for all criminal cases. No
defendants freedom or life should be determined by who leaks the most to the press.

[verity]

O.J. Lite.

[alwaysconservative]

Personally, I have temporarily quit watching FOX or any other of the "all-Laci, all the time" channels. To me, this is not NEWS, it is sensationalism, and I won't contribute to the hysteria. There are much more "newsworthy" topics to report out there. Are you hearing me, FOX? You're losing me, and from the comments in my family, a whole lot of others as well.

[Lanza]

Runningbear

Please allow me to apologize for my bad spelling (Cochrun should be Cochran), and my poor grammar. I should have written "there were some body parts" not "there was some." I re-read my post after the fact and saw my errors. I am still drinking my first cup of java, and I am worthless until the second cup.

[Devil_Anse]

Thank you, runningbear!

As soon as I started reading this article, I saw "Geragos" and then I saw numbers. I said, uh-oh, it figures, we've got a Clintonista at the helm of the defense, so suddenly statistics have become very important!

Clintonistas like Geragos love statistics b/c statistics can always be falsely manipulated.

I SWEAR, why do people like Geragos and the rest of the Clinton butt-kissers constantly harp on statistics? ("He'th the motht loved prethident ever... 98% of women in America want him to come to their houthe... blah blah blah.") I NEVER believed their B.S. "high approval ratings" that they harped on and harped on, all through the Lewinsky-Clinton b.j. scandal.

Now Geragos will put out non-news such as: "95% think he's innocent", or some such nonsense. You wait. Already they are putting out statistics that purport to "show that Geragos has made a difference." And what would it matter if 95% thought him innocent, if one had the evidence and was as informed as possible about the matter, and had concluded he was not innocent? (I'm talking about jurors.)

There's just no way to trust statistics!! Mark Twain was totally right about statistics!

Why the HELL is it that statistics influence people?? I mean, even if 98% of women in America HAD wanted The Rapist to come to their house wearing only a G-string, for heaven's sake, it wouldn't have made him look any better to anyone who gave it the slightest bit of independent thought!

[Velveeta]

Judge faces subpoena in Laci Peterson case

By John Coté
The Modesto Bee
(Published Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 6:09 AM)


MODESTO -- One of Scott Peterson's attorneys said Monday he has subpoenaed a Superior Court judge to get information about wiretaps used by investigators probing the disappearance of Laci Peterson.
The move comes after it was revealed Friday that no court reporter was present during meetings between Judge Wray Ladine, a prosecutor and an investigator about the wiretaps.

"I don't know how else you get that information other than doing it this way," defense attorney Kirk McAllister said.

District Attorney James Brazelton is seeking the death penalty against Peterson, 30, for allegedly killing his wife and unborn son.

The absence of a court reporter at the meetings also raised legal questions about the wiretaps, said several defense attorneys not affiliated with the case.

State law requires a court reporter to be present during all court proceedings in capital cases. Prosecutors contend the law applies only to proceedings that take place after a criminal complaint is filed or a grand jury is convened for an indictment.

That hadn't occurred when the wiretap meetings took place.

McAllister said he issued the subpoena Monday and that it likely would be served today.

Defense attorneys also have asked to question prosecutor Rick Distaso and the investigator who supervised the wiretaps, Steve Jacobson.

Ladine, contacted by phone Monday night, said he was unaware of a subpoena and declined to comment. California's judicial canon forbids judges from commenting publicly about proceedings pending in any court.

Peterson was arrested April 18. He has pleaded innocent, and the defense has vowed to find the "real killers." Lead defense attorney Mark Geragos is alleging the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office engaged in "grave prosecutorial misconduct" after authorities intercepted 71 calls between Peterson and McAllister or his investigator.

The defense might seek to have the District Attorney's Office removed from the case over the wiretap issue, according to documents they filed in court.

Prosecutors maintain that investigators listened to less than two minutes of total calls and that the wiretaps were consistent with state and federal law.

http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/6934121p-7869372c.html

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I hope the prosecution has plenty of evidence *without* the tapes. It appears that the defense is trying their best to have the tapes thrown out.

[Helms]

Scott Peterson may be a one man Satanic Cult. By the way who is paying Geragos?

[cyncooper]

Jonna M. Spilbor must be a defense attorney with her breathless characterizations throughout her column. "Monster in Chains" is what Peterson was called? Why that is akin to peasants and pitchforks!

And she fancies herself a mindreader with this comment: ...not the walkover prosecutors had envisioned. It is too much to ask, I'm sure, how she knows what the proscutors "envisioned", other than evidence to present at trial.

Then she states this: But once the leak occurred, prosecutors - who blamed the leak on the defense, but did not provide evidence to support their suspicions - changed their mind, and sought to unseal the report on Conner Peterson. Well, Ms. Spilbor, reporters were saying the leaks were coming from the defense.

And as to the Frey photos---evidently Ms. Spilbor was not aware that these pictures were revealed long ago and last week's Flynt extravaganza was merely reviving those. I also am not aware the photos were taken for a "nudie magazine". Ms. Spilbor, who claims she's so interested in precise evidence, fails to name this anonymous publication. Perhaps it was Frey's intention that they someday be published in such a magazine, and perhaps not, but I don't think that has been established, Ms. Spilbor. Also, I don't believe Frey lied about their existance, so her credibility regarding this case has not been tainted.

I didn't click to read the rest of this article.

[finnman69]

If OJ walked. Scott is a free man. No way Scott Peterson is convicted.

[sport]

Yeah, just like the murderer of o.j.'s wife.

o.j. even removed the mirrors from his house so that he would not see him as he searched for him.

[CurlyDave]

As the findlaw article points out one of the more interesting parts of this case is the fact that Modesto PD allowed the Rochas to get away with a televised burglary and grand theft of Scott's property.

The fact that they have plenty of evidence and the Rochas even admit to the crime, but have not been charged indicated that MPD is strongly biased against Scott.

Whether we like him or not, it was his property, and before it was disturbed he did have the right to an independent examination of the house & its contents.

How does the court balance taking away his best chance to come up with evidence of his innocence? Clearly the MPD was prejudiced against him & might not have even bothered to collect anything exculpatory.

Gettiing a fair trial in this circumstance could be very hard to prove.

[Porterville]

I think SP is too dumb to pull this off and I think, in general, many of the police in the Central Valley are incompetent.

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