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11-04-2004, 07:04 PM
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Scott Peterson Jury Deliberates
Deliberations are underway in the trial of Scott Peterson. What verdict do you think the jury will return?
Deliberations Resume in Peterson Trial By BRIAN SKOLOFF, AP REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - Jurors in the Scott Peterson trial began deliberating whether the former fertilizer salesman killed his pregnant wife, weighing the prosecution's largely circumstantial case against the defense's theory of a possible frame-up. The jurors, who sat through nearly five months of testimony, met for more than four hours Wednesday before retiring for the day. They resumed deliberations Thursday morning. Judge Alfred A. Delucchi sent the panelists into the jury room after about 45 minutes of instructions. Delucchi plans to keep the jury sequestered until it reaches a verdict. Prosecutors claim Peterson strangled or smothered his wife, Laci, on Dec. 23 or 24, 2002, then dumped her weighted body into San Francisco Bay. Her badly decomposed remains and those of the fetus were discovered four months later, not far from where Peterson claims to have been fishing alone the day she vanished. Defense lawyers claim someone else abducted and killed the Modesto woman, then placed the bodies in the water. The jury as has two choices should it decide to convict - first-degree murder, carrying a possible death sentence or life without parole, and second-degree murder, carrying two sentences of 15 years to life. "First-degree murder you need two things, expressed malice and intent to kill and premeditation," Delucchi told jurors. "Then you also have second-degree murder," a lesser charge the judge added after finding there was ample evidence to support a case that did not involve prior planning. The trial began with jury selection in March, and opening statements were in June. Prosecutors argued in their final remarks to jurors Wednesday that it is "ridiculous" to think someone would frame the former fertilizer salesman by hiding the bodies in the bay, hoping they would one day be discovered, as defense lawyers suggested. "You can't base a reasonable doubt on an unreasonable interpretation of the evidence," prosecutor Rick Distaso said in his rebuttal to the defense closing argument. "It's just not reasonable that anyone put that body in the bay to frame him. If it's not reasonable, you must reject it." Defense lawyer Mark Geragos has conceded all along that Peterson, who was having an affair at the time Laci vanished, is a liar and a cheat. But he said he shouldn't be convicted of murder. "You're not supposed to just decide this case on whether or not you like Scott Peterson," Geragos told jurors. In their closing arguments, prosecutors made their case for premeditation, contending each bit of evidence is like a piece of a puzzle that when put together points to murder. Geragos countered that with so many missing pieces, such as the lack of a murder weapon, cause or time of death and real motive, jurors must decide there is too much reasonable doubt to convict. |
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11-05-2004, 02:45 PM
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I am hoping it's guilty, sorry I don't buy that someone else killed her.
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11-05-2004, 03:23 PM
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11-05-2004, 06:51 PM
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I've been on verdict watch with Court TV. I was hoping they would come back with a verdict before the weekend.
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11-05-2004, 06:56 PM
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Well if Scott is acquitted, I hope he makes it his misson in life to track down the satan worshipping homeless cult guys responsible for Laci's death...
You're going down, Scotty... 
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I think he is guilty, but will be found not guilty.
After this past week I'm not betting on anything for sure!  
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11-05-2004, 08:56 PM
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I've been watching it from the beginning and I'm very nervous and very anxious. I started getting the jitters today.
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11-05-2004, 08:57 PM
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GUILTY!
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11-05-2004, 08:59 PM
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When he's convicted I have a new Avatar made up and ready to go LOL
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