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Texas Alliance for Life Legislative Alert May 21, 2003 WOMEN’S RIGHT TO KNOW ACT Today the Texas Senate gave its final approval to the pro-life Women’s Right to Know Act, HB 15. This is a major victory as for the first time the new law will ensure that women will have more information about abortion and compassionate alternatives to abortion 24 hours before the procedure. The next step for this bill is for the Texas House to approve a minor change. After that, pro-life Governor Rick Perry is expected to sign the bill into law. LAST CHANCE FOR PRENATAL PROTECTION...

SCOTT PETERSON FLOODED WITH MARRIAGE PROPOSALS – IN JAIL BACHELOR PAD Scott Peterson has become popular with the ladies since he was accused of murdering wife Laci. So far, none of his female penpals have visited him during his stay at Stanislaus County Jail in Modesto, Calif. HOW "sick" is this? Scott Peterson, accused of murdering his pretty wife Laci is being bombarded with letters from love-hungry ladies begging him to marry them! Sources inside Stanislaus County Jail in Modesto, Calif., say the handsome 30-year-old fertilizer salesman has received marriage proposals from desperate gals of all shapes and sizes since...

Tapes: Peterson Appears Aware Of WiretapsTapes: Peterson Appears Aware Of Wiretaps Defense To Cross-Examine Frey Wednesday POSTED: 12:00 pm PDT August 17, 2004 UPDATED: 7:01 pm PDT August 17, 2004 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- After hours of wiretapped calls between Scott Peterson and his mistress, the former fertilizer salesman finally appears to become aware he is being taped, according to recordings played for jurors Tuesday at the double-murder trial. It was the fifth day jurors listened to some of the more than 300 recorded calls between Peterson and his lover, Amber Frey, as authorities searched for his pregnant wife, Laci,...

August 19, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Laci Peterson's furious mother called her son-in-law a "f---ing liar" and begged him to tell her where he ditched the body, it was revealed yesterday — as Scott Peterson's murder trial screeched to a halt due to a mysterious "potential development Sharon Rocha became convinced of Peterson's guilt in January 2003, not long after his affair with Amber Frey became public.

Texas Alliance for Life Legislative Update May 28, 2003 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO PRENATAL PROTECTION ACT! This evening at about 7:30 PM, in a tremendous victory for the grass roots pro-life movement in Texas, the Texas House of Representatives gave final approval to the Prenatal Protection Act, SB 319. The vote on final passage was 112-15. The Prenatal Protection Act extends personhood to the unborn child from conception through birth, makes it a crime to kill an unborn child against the mother’s wishes, and allows parents to sue for the wrongful death of their unborn child....

August 23, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — When Scott Peterson's mistress Amber Frey takes the stand for cross-examination today, the defense is expected to ask embarrassing questions about bad relationships and play secretly taped recordings that prosecutors withheld from the jury, sources said.

FoxNews reporting that the Judge in the Laci Peterson murder trial has just issued a gag order. Developing.....

The Scott Peterson murder trialCourt TV Host: Beth Karas is here with us now to discuss the first day of Amber Frey's cross-examination in the murder trial of Scott Peterson. Welcome, Beth. Thanks for being our guest today! Beth Karas: Hi everyone. I just left the courtroom. Amber is back tomorrow for more cross. Court TV Host: Beth, you thought earlier today that today might be the only day of cross -- what's likely to happen tomorrow? Beth Karas: The judge was hoping that her cross would finish today. Wishful thinking. Geragos is in the midst of questioning the calls...

NewsMax.com's religion editor, Fr. Mike Reilly, weighs in on the debate over new legislation to protect the unborn. Newsweek's recent cover story on fetal rights caused quite a stir among abortion supporters. A poll conducted by the magazine shows that 46 percent of Americans believe that life begins at conception, while an additional 12 percent believes that it begins at implantation. Only 11 percent believes that life begins at birth, which means that 89 percent of Americans would acknowledge that the present abortion laws allow for at least some legalization of murder. The Laci Peterson story (see: Laci Peterson Case...

Scott Peterson's mistress concedes he never declared his love By Harriet Ryan Court TV REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's mistress, Amber Frey, capped seven days of testimony at his capital murder trial Tuesday with the grudging acknowledgement that the double-murder defendant never even said he loved her. "He never told you that he loved you," defense attorney Mark Geragos asked. "Not in those words," the 29-year-old massage therapist said quietly. "He never said, 'I love you,'" the lawyer pressed. Story continues .......--------------------------------------------------------------------------

<p>Newly released phone records belonging to accused double murderer Scott Peterson show a very different account of his extramarital relationship than what his lawyers and family have been revealing publicly, Fox News has learned.</p> <p>Though Peterson's defense team and family suggest 28-year-old massage therapist Amber Frey (search) was doggedly pursuing him, the records show Peterson called Frey hundreds of times, even after his wife Laci had been reported missing, sources close to the case told Fox.</p>

Prosecution witness once believed there were co-conspirators REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Police investigating the disappearance of Laci Peterson once thought that more than one person may have been involved -- including her husband's former mistress. Investigator Steven Jacobson says that was one of the reasons he wrote in affidavits to get warrants to wiretap Scott Peterson's telephone conversations. In one of the affidavits, Jacobson wrote "there was no way one person could have done that to Laci Peterson." This testimony may foreshadow a portion of the defense case that Scott Peterson had nothing to do with the murder of his pregnant...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ten months after a pregnant Laci Peterson vanished from her Modesto home, prosecutors are about to lay out the evidence that her husband murdered her and their unborn son before they washed up in San Francisco Bay. A preliminary hearing will get under way Wednesday to determine whether Scott Peterson must stand trial on murder charges that could bring the death penalty. The hearing in Modesto is expected to reveal the most detail to date of the evidence amassed by investigators in the case that riveted the nation after the substitute teacher disappeared on Christmas Eve. Scott...

Scott Peterson's lawyer strives to throw doubt on phone evidence Steve Jacobson, right, oversaw wiretaps placed on Scott Peterson's phones after his pregnant wife disappearedBy Harriet Ryan Court TV REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's defense attorney tried to undermine damaging phone evidence Thursday with a painstaking cross-examination of the investigator who supervised police wiretaps on the double-murder suspect's lines. In a dry, often tedious cross-examination involving dozens of complex phone records, lawyer Mark Geragos implied that the investigator had overlooked evidence that Peterson quickly pursued a potential sighting of his missing wife in Washington. Testifying for prosecutors Wednesday, investigator...

<p>LOS ANGELES — Former "Superman" (search) actor Dean Cain (search) will portray Scott Peterson (search) in an upcoming cable television movie.</p> <p>USA Networks announced Thursday that Cain, 37, will portray the Modesto man accused of murdering his wife, Laci, and their unborn son.</p>

Report: Scott Peterson's friend thought his behavior was suspicious Scott Peterson approached a friend about selling his house four weeks after his pregnant wife vanished, according to taped phone calls played at his murder trialReport: Scott Peterson's friend thought his behavior was suspicious (Court TV) — One of Scott Peterson's close friends told police he was suspicious of the alibi the fertilizer salesman gave detectives after his pregnant wife vanished, according to a police report obtained exclusively by Court TV's Catherine Crier. "[His] fishing story is fishy," Brian Argain told a detective less than two weeks after Laci Peterson went...

MODESTO, Calif. - Defense attorneys in the Laci Peterson murder case Monday challenged the type of DNA analysis done on a hair found in Scott Peterson's boat, saying the technique is too unreliable to be used in court. Prosecutors believe the hair, found in a pair of pliers in the boat, could be from Peterson's wife, Laci, the mother-to-be who disappeared last December. An FBI crime lab supervisor testified during the preliminary hearing last week that mitochondrial DNA from the hair matched a gene swab taken earlier this year from Laci Peterson's mother, Sharon Rocha. Defense witness William Shields, a...

<p>Scott Peterson (search) has admitted to family members and friends that he cheated on his wife, Laci Peterson (search), at least four times with different women, Fox News has learned.</p> <p>One relative, who does not believe Peterson is guilty of murder, described him as a sex addict.</p>

Testimony in Peterson trial turns to evidence from search dogsREDWOOD CITY, Calif. Testimony in the murder trial of Scott Peterson is turning to a new phase. Prosecutors say search dogs picked up the sent of Laci Peterson in the Berkeley Marina -- the place where Scott Peterson says he launched his fishing trip the day his wife disappeared. A volunteer for a search and rescue team is due on the stand today. He'll be asked how search dogs responded when they were brought to the marina. The testimony about what the dogs found comes after testimony from a computer expert...

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