I'm sorry, but I have always thought Scott Peterson was innocent. And I am excited he is appealing. I read much of the court filing on this, and it points to a strong case for Peterson not having killed his pregnant wife, or very questionable at best. I know this is not a popular opinion on this case, but from day one, I didn't think he did it and personally I was stunned he got the death penalty based entirely on curcumstancial evidence, and pretty weak at that. I know his wife and child turned up in the spot he went fishing at, but that was the claim from the get go and anyone who abducted her knew that and saw it plastered on the news.. so they disposed of her at the bay to draw attention away from the real killer and pin it on Scott. My theory anyway.
But this is the glory of our criminal justice system, he does get to appeal. I know some people hate that, but really? With a death penalty case, we should exhaust all avenues.
Me? I think he was a horndog who got caught, but I'm not going to be on that jury.
One other thing, Cherry, and please forgive me for being maternal, but stop that. Stop prefacing your opinions with "I'm sorry." You'll never see a man doing that. If you think it, then say it. Don't apologize for it!
But this is the glory of our criminal justice system, he does get to appeal. I know some people hate that, but really? With a death penalty case, we should exhaust all avenues.
Me? I think he was a horndog who got caught, but I'm not going to be on that jury.
I don't know, I was glued to the trial back then and stunned at the verdict and I read a lot of what his appeal says. I just don't see it there was a burglary across from them the morning after the prosecution says laci was killed, and the crooks admitted that they saw her and she saw them... Plus an heirloom watch of hers was pawned shortly after she went missing, however the pawn shop didn't follow proper procedures or something, so it went by the wayside? They did not have a ton of debt, in fact Scott was due a raise that January (she went missing December 24). I don't know, I just think an innocent man is on deathrow. I've always been saddened by this case.
But this is the glory of our criminal justice system, he does get to appeal. I know some people hate that, but really? With a death penalty case, we should exhaust all avenues.
Me? I think he was a horndog who got caught, but I'm not going to be on that jury.
So I think your pretty intelligent (same for you TG and others, so if you're interested in answering this, please do) . What sealed it for you? What makes you think he did it? And if you were a juror, what was the smoking gun?
That's my struggle, I just think there's so much reasonable doubt. I had heard a few of the discrepancies during the first trial and they weren't explained, but I think mainstream media and the public just wanted him to pay for this crime because he was a cheating H, while his beautiful wife was the victim of a heartless, random crime. They had never had a domestic call in their marriage, Scott did not have a temper, and quite frankly, if he did do it, he's one he!! of a murderer to not leave behind one single shred of physical evidence.
That's just it.. the pawn shop didn't keep the proper records, and another thing is a witness thinks they saw her around the 28th peeing beside a van and then being forced back in. And the whole dog being lose... That was a normal thing, and when the neighbor put the dog back in the gate, it was already opened. Plus there were internet searches for girlie things that same morning they said she was already dead.. and supposedly after Scott went to the marina with her body.
They need to look back at the burglary suspects... And find the van that has been mentioned a few times...
ETA: Scott was also aware that if laci had no children and preceded her family in death, there would be no inheritance going to Scott. She was worth more to him alive than she was dead. He also never inquired about her life insurance policy while she was missing.
This is what bothered me too. While I do think he was as guilty as Casey Anthony, it bothers me that we are okay with killing someone without having hard evidence of their guilt.
Personally, I think the guy is just a sociopath. Plus he ran...
No kidding? Look where he is now? If I was being framed for a murder I did not commit and the public had already tried, convicted and essentially sentenced me before I even stepped foot in a courtroom, I would probably consider running too.
One thing to note about the death of their son Conner, which I have always heard and read about, he was roughly 33 to 38 weeks old when he was found, away from his mother. Laci had gone to a doctors appt on Dec 23, the day before she went missing. They had done a sonogram indicating the fetus on that day was 32 weeks old. Not to mention the expert testimony could not rule out that Conner was actually born alive.
Just too many variables and uncertainty. And yes, I think Scott Peterson is a lying, cheating scumbag, but I do not think he is a murderer. I just do not think a man who has never been in trouble with the law, has no other children, is not an angry person by nature, etc... is capable of murdering his wife who was very pregnant with Scott's little boy.
ETA: Here is a letter written in 2006 to the Attorney General (California Department of Justice) outlining in detail who could've been responsible for the abduction and murder of Laci Peterson. The letter reads in part that at the time of her disappearance:
"Pages 69-70, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND PREGNANT WOMEN TERRORIZED ON DECEMBER 24, 2002, IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF LACI PETERSON.
Picture the Peterson neighborhood around the time of Laci’s disappearance. Six possible felonies were all occurring there between the evening of December 23 and afternoon of December 24. We have questionable people from the airport district going door to door posing as neighbors and asking for money.
We have the burglary at the Medina home, a burglary resulting in generous plea bargains for Steven Todd and Donald Glen Pearce, both of the airport district as well.
A brown van was described in a possible attempted abduction the night of the twenty-third, a daytime burglary the morning of the twenty-fourth, and possibly the satanic rape and abduction days before Laci disappeared. The group in the van at the Woodward Reservoir was from the airport district of Modesto.
On the afternoon of December 24, a woman eight months pregnant was terrorized by two men in a car, five blocks from where Laci was last seen alive. She told me that she thought they were trying to “get” her. She got the license plate number of the vehicle, and it was registered to a residence in the airport district – a few blocks from where the other criminals lived.
That day was not calm. It was not peaceful and certainly not your typical day before Christmas in Modesto, California. However, none of what I discovered was apparently pursued as the case continued to build against Scott Peterson."
I don't know if he did it or had help or is innocent. I do know he was convicted solely on the constant picture of his pregnant wife's smile on TV on every cable news channel 20 hrs a day for a year. IOf course back in the day and in most of the rest of the world (except Japan) he'd never be on death row for eight years before making that decision either.
I don't know if he did it or had help or is innocent. I do know he was convicted solely on the constant picture of his pregnant wife's smile on TV on every cable news channel 20 hrs a day for a year. IOf course back in the day and in most of the rest of the world (except Japan) he'd never be on death row for eight years before making that decision either.
That and the billboard outside of the courtroom that jurors saw everyday...
""Before hearing even a single witness, nearly half of all prospective jurors admitted they had already decided Mr. Peterson was guilty of capital murder," Gardner argued."
Sure, Peterson is innocent. Just like O.J did not kill Nicole.
And why do you think he is guilty then? I've asked a few of you that, but no one is answering... they just say he is guilty and leave it at that. Is it because he cheated and lied? I'm sincerely interested to see why others think he is guilty.
The case built against him says he did it because he didn't want the family obligation, except that Amber did have a young girl living at home... so that makes no sense and the prosecutors admit that. So what other theory does anyone have other than he cheated on his wife? I just don't get that blanket statement. We have men and women all over this board that have cheated on their spouses, but that does not make them murderers.
P.S. Laci's shoes were found out on the street the day she was reported missing. Pretty significant when you think of the way the prosecution claims she was murdered in her own home the night before.... Although prosecution can't answer when, how or why because everything they've presented can pretty much be explained factually, yet they can send someone to death row on speculation? And I suppose for cheating on his pregnant wife.... I'm sure some of us think that deserves a death sentence in and of itself...
And why do you think he is guilty then? I've asked a few of you that, but no one is answering... they just say he is guilty and leave it at that. Is it because he cheated and lied? I'm sincerely interested to see why others think he is guilty.
The case built against him says he did it because he didn't want the family obligation, except that Amber did have a young girl living at home... so that makes no sense and the prosecutors admit that. So what other theory does anyone have other than he cheated on his wife? I just don't get that blanket statement. We have men and women all over this board that have cheated on their spouses, but that does not make them murderers.
Why would that matter? I did not really follow the case, but my recollection is that he never intended to get married to her. She may have, but I never took that to be anything other than a mistriss and her wishful thinking.
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P.S. Laci's shoes were found out on the street the day she was reported missing. Pretty significant when you think of the way the prosecution claims she was murdered in her own home the night before.... Although prosecution can't answer when, how or why because everything they've presented can pretty much be explained factually, yet they can send someone to death row on speculation? And I suppose for cheating on his pregnant wife.... I'm sure some of us think that deserves a death sentence in and of itself...
People do stupid things while in a panic. Not sure that being unable to explain why does not mean he did not do it. I am not weighing in on whether he did or did not do it (I don't have an opinion either way), only noting that real life is not like a television show - sometimes there are loose ends that don't make a lot of sense.
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there was a burglary across from them the morning after the prosecution says laci was killed, and the crooks admitted that they saw her and she saw them... Plus an heirloom watch of hers was pawned shortly after she went missing, however the pawn shop didn't follow proper procedures or something, so it went by the wayside? They did not have a ton of debt, in fact Scott was due a raise that January (she went missing December 24). I don't know, I just think an innocent man is on deathrow. I've always been saddened by this case.
