Posted on 06/03/2004 5:50:30 AM PDT by runningbear
ALL SNIP ITS:
First full day of testimony in Laci Peterson murder case
Redwood City, California-AP _ The first full day of testimony gets under way today in Scott Peterson's murder trial in Redwood City, California.
He's accused of murdering his wife and their unborn son.
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Geragos deconstructs prosecution's case against Peterson
Article Last Updated: Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 3:09:35 AM PST
Geragos deconstructs prosecution's case against Peterson
Defense attorney: Fetus was born full-term therefore defendant's not responsible for murders
By Jason Dearen, STAFF WRITER
REDWOOD CITY -- Scott Peterson is a cad not a killer, his defense attorney said Wednesday as he began an assault on the very essence of the evidence against Peterson -- when his wife and child died.
In the scenario cast by attorney Mark Geragos, the child was born alive weeks after Christmas Eve 2002, the date prosecutors say his mother, Laci Peterson, had been killed.
"If this baby was born alive, clearly Scott Peterson had nothing to do with this murder," Geragos explained to the six men and six women of the jury. .......
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Peterson's lawyer attacks investigators' work
"Posted on Thu, Jun. 03, 2004
Peterson's lawyer attacks investigators' work
By Brian Anderson
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
REDWOOD CITY - Saying Scott Peterson was "stone-cold innocent," defense attorney Mark Geragos blasted the police detectives Wednesday who investigated the murder of Laci Peterson and the thin case he said they cobbled together against her husband.
In his first chance to lay out his side of the case, Geragos said Modesto police believed early on that Peterson had something to do with his wife's Dec. 24, 2002, disappearance and they worked to prove only that. Through slipshod detective work, lies and far-fetched theories, they built a laughable case from circumstantial evidence that led to the prosecution of an innocent man, he said.
"The evidence is going to show beyond any doubt that not only is Scott Peterson not guilty.""......
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Circus talk pans out
First day draws media, gawkers and other crazies.
Circus talk pans out
First day draws media, gawkers and other crazies.
Published on Wednesday, June 2, 2004
URL: http://www.examiner.com/article/index.cfm/i/060204n_peterson2
REDWOOD CITY -- The same gravity that is holding together the "12 galaxies" apparently had enough pull to draw San Francisco's eccentric sign-toting icon, Frank Chiu, and others looking for a little collateral publicity, to the Redwood City Courthouse on Tuesday for the start of the Scott Peterson murder trial.
Parked near the courthouse in a van covered with biblical and anti-abortion messages, Ronald Brock of San Diego sought attention for his message that killing an unborn child, through abortion or any other means, is a crime.
"Murder is murder, give Conner justice," read a banner on the van. Conner was the name Scott and Laci Peterson planned to give their unborn child before a pregnant Laci disappeared in late 2002. Her husband is facing two counts of murder for their deaths.".....
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Geragos: Peterson didn't do it
Geragos: Peterson didn't do it
By GARTH STAPLEY
BEE STAFF WRITER
Last Updated: June 2, 2004, 01:32:27 PM PDT
1:23 p.m., PDT: REDWOOD CITY - Scott Peterson had nothing to do with his pregnant wife’s murder - and his legal team will prove it, defense attorney Mark Geragos declared dramatically this morning during his opening statement.
“The evidence is going to show clearly, beyond any doubt, that not only was Scott not guilty, but stone-cold innocent,” Geragos told jurors.
Peterson, 31, of Modesto, came under media and police scrutiny after Laci Peterson vanished Dec. 24, 2002. But Peterson had no opportunity to kill her and their unborn son, Conner, Geragos said.
Evidence will show the baby was born alive, the Los Angeles lawyer announced in a series of revelations. They include:
Laci Peterson knew that her husband bought a fishing boat shortly before she vanished - and “was in the boat Dec. 20.”
The Petersons didn’t talk about the boat, even during......
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And I thought somewhere we found out that the merengue episode was actually aired the PREVIOUS day?
I can imagine a great Vegas duet show with Charo and Henry Lee!
I heard somewhere that Scott researched tidal charts for the bay on his computer in early Dec. sometime, so he could have made the anchors earlier than we are thinking.
I hope the Prosecutor has a reciept for the bag of cement.
He would have needed 6 buckets to make all anchors at the same time. Did they find all the buckets?
from Livermore traveling Hwy 132 to Modesto, try about 45 mins to an hour on a "normal" traffic day... Not Dec 23/24
That I do not know.
Rb is a boat owner now....she may be able to give us an education.....
Thanks, kiddo.
Truth be known, I use this place for therapy some days......LOL.
I have a LOT of anger to vent, as you can probably see on some of the threads........LOL.
Yes. To get away with murder you are supposed to completely forget that for the past 24 hours you have been bleaching bloodstains and carting a dead body all over the state, dumping and cleaning up. Unfortunately, Scott couldn't quite manage that and remember to say "Have you seen Laci? She's not home right now and I thought she would be." But having the image of her lifeless pregnant body sinking under the tarp and cement anchors into the deep blue sea still fresh in his mind kind of threw him off a bit.
well, Scott had an extended cab or crew cab full size Ford p/u.... does well trailering.... depending on engine equiped! ;o) Vehicles towing must stay in the 2 slow lanes or slow lane on I580/I205....passing on Hwy 132 with a boat, is a little bit suicide! Single lane highway most of the way into Modesto from I580/I5 area.
Why six?
And I am sure I read....and posted on the thread yesterday that I read that no chains or anything to attach the anchor to the boat with was found in that boat. And no anchor.
He might have made the anchors the lazy way. Using the handle of the bucket to tie off to. In that case, the bucket goes with the anchor.
Puuuuhhhhlease, no need to insult pigs! LOL
Bless you, Howlin, I think of how you lost your son all the time. I agree: it would be worse not to have your child alive. However, I suppose the guilt factor at raising a murderer would feel pretty scummy. But not as gut wrenching as losing an innocent child.
A couple of years ago, I was deeply involved in forum wars, here and over at Court TV, about a trial where the defense attorney was praised to the skies and the prosecutors were continually slammed.
There were times when I thought that Nancy Grace and cyncooper and Bunny and I were the only people who could see through the defense tricks.
Fortunately, I was wrong. The jury saw right through it, and delivered a guilty verdict.
not really... Just got a cuddy cabin Bayliner Capri 2250 last year, and finally trying it out this summer...Each weekend a different water way..>Last weekned was TOPS! Port of Stockton and rode all the way out to Antioch..San Joaquin/Delta. Benica/Concord area... East Bay.... Loved it, only the sun got to me again... Bigger boats thought they ruled (Regal, Formula), until the Sheriff came with "lights on" chasing the unruley ones... The Lost Isle and Tiki Lagoon resorts... A younger crowd or single crowds resort for funtime on the fast lane... Hubby wanted to leave... I wanted to be a lookie lu.....LOL>...
We still are CO detectorless, Howlin, because we have our windows open 24/7 even in winter. Everyone who cannot leave windows open, though, listen to Howlin and GET DETECTORS.
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