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Geragos' career a case of trials by courageGeragos' career a case of trials by courage By MEGAN GARVEY LOS ANGELES TIMES Published: May 6, 2003, 05:25:10 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Over the course of his law career, criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos' choice of clients has sparked negative reactions from friends and strangers alike. He endured scowls from women working out at his gym during the search for Chandra Levy, the former Washington intern who had an affair with his client, former Rep. Gary Condit of Ceres. Bystanders threw things at him on his way into court to defend...

More Evidence Points to Mark Hacking; Families Issue Statement Sunday, August 01, 2004 PHOTOS PHOTO ESSAYS Click image to enlarge Photo Essays:•The Search for Lori Hacking STORIES •Lab: Evidence May Help Solve Hacking Case •Timeline: Lori Hacking Disappearance•Police: Lori May Have Never Gone Jogging•Source: 'Rage Killing' in Hacking Home•Co-Workers: Lori Got Upsetting Phone Call•Lori's Father Suspicious of Son-in-Law•Jogger's Family Says She Was Deceived•Jogger's Husband Lied to Family, Police SALT LAKE CITY — The families of Mark and Lori Hacking (search) issued a statement late Saturday saying Mark Hacking (search) had provided information that makes a volunteer search for his missing...

Laci Peterson's (search) autopsy report is being delayed, apparently because medical examiners can't pinpoint the exact reason the 8-months-pregnant woman died, Fox News has learned. But a source from Scott Peterson's (search) legal team who has seen documents referring to the condition of the body said it was "awful."

Deceits Follow Husband in Hacking Case Fri Jul 30, 7:34 PM ET By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY - By all accounts, Mark Hacking was fun to be around and loving to his wife. He wanted to be liked and respected and, like his father, to become a doctor. AP Photo   But years of deceptions are catching up to Hacking, a 28-year-old former nightshift hospital orderly who has become the focus of police in the disappearance of his wife, who vanished as they were packing to move to a medical school where, it turns out, he...

Adding fuel to the already fierce debate over abortion, Republicans in Congress are invoking the Laci Peterson (news - web sites) murder case as they try to enact the first federal law to endow a fetus with legal rights separate from the expectant mother. Laws similar to the federal bill already are on the books in more than half the states, and with Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress, the federal measure has a good chance of passing. President Bush (news - web sites) has pledged to sign the act, which sponsors have renamed "Laci and Conner's Law"...

<p>Scott Peterson's defense team says they have found the mystery woman who can provide information about the real killers of the California murder suspect's 8-months-pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn child.</p> <p>The sources told Fox News they're working to transport the woman to a safe location because they fear retaliation against her if her identity is revealed.</p>

Mark Hacking (search) has been arrested for the murder of his pregnant wife, Lori Hacking, Salt Lake City police said Monday. Authorities haven't found Lori Hacking's (search) body, detectives said in a news conference. The arrest came after the investigation into the young woman's disappearance took a grim turn, as authorities redirected their attention to a landfill and her relatives asked volunteers to stop looking for her in response to new information from the woman's husband.

<p>Fox News has obtained exclusive new details about the condition of the body of Laci Peterson (search), which washed up on the shores of San Francisco Bay (search) last month.</p> <p>A source who has seen the 25-page autopsy report and does not work for either the defense or the prosecution told Fox News that the body of the 8-months-pregnant woman was missing the head and neck, and both arms are cut off at the elbows.</p>

Search now 'unnecessary,' say families of Lori Hacking By Jennifer Dobner Deseret Morning News Mark Hacking told his family something important Saturday — and whatever it is, it apparently makes any further volunteer searches for his missing 27-year-old wife unnecessary. That news came late Saturday, not from Salt Lake City police but by way of a statement faxed to the Deseret Morning News and other media by Mark and Lori Hackings' families. "The families understand that Mark Hacking has provided information that makes it unnecessary for individuals or groups to continue the volunteer search," the statement reads. "At this time,...

Tape Shows Mark After Alleged Murder Monday, August 02, 2004 SALT LAKE CITY — Soon after authorities believe Mark Hacking (search) killed his wife, he is seen inside a convenience store, where he repeatedly checked his hands, pulled something out of his watch and apparently avoided eye contact with other customers. His early morning trip to the Maverik convenience store is captured in a surveillance video, obtained exclusively by FOX News. The tape was taken at approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday, July 19 — the same day Mark's wife Lori Hacking (search) was reported missing. Click here to view the surveillance...

Laci Peterson was a young woman, beautiful inside as well as out, excitedly expecting her first child, a son named Connor, when she disappeared last Christmas. Laci’s life was filled with love and family and friends surrounded her. Life was good, no, better than good. Life was wonderful as would be expected when love is on the hearth and a new angel is about to make an entrance into this world. But this miracle of new life was about to be shattered forever and on Christmas day the world would change for all those who loved her. Those little newborn...