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Scott Peterson Gets Marriage Proposals
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| 3/27/05
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 03/27/2005 5:10:46 PM PST by wagglebee
Is there a shortage of eligible bachelors, or an overabundance of insecure women – or both? That's a legitimate question, especially in lieu of the fact that convicted murderer Scott Peterson was on death row less than an hour before he got his first marriage proposal, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Any murder is bad enough, to be sure. But perhaps the oddest thing about Peterson's marriage proposal is that the ex-California fertilizer salesman was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife. "Three dozen phone calls came in to the warden's office on Peterson's first day at his new home in San Quentin State Prison -- women were pleading for his mailing address, and one smitten 18-year-old said she wanted to marry him," the paper said.
"Smitten?" Yes, say experts, even though as far as anyone knows, none of the women have yet to meet Peterson or spend any time with him.
Besides the thrill of marrying a "notorious" man, the paper reported, there is this fact: A death row inmate likely won't be coming home – ever – so if things don't work out, oh well.
"They love the celebrity status," Jack Levin, a criminologist who is director of the Brudnick Center on Violence at Northeastern University in Boston, told the Chronicle. Co-author of the book "Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder," Levin said it examines "killer groupies," among other bizarre behavior surrounding the condemned.
Other notable notorious killers who garner much attention include:
* Twelve-year-old Polly Klaas' killer, Richard Allen Davis, who "probably gets more mail than most," San Quentin spokesman Eric Messick told the paper.
* Richard Ramirez, a Satan worshipper nicknamed "the Night Stalker" who killed 13 people, "has women virtually throwing themselves at him despite the fact he is already married," the Chronicle reported.
"You take our five highest-profile killers here, and you've got your answer about who the most popular inmates are," Messick said.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathrow; lacipeterson; murder; scottpeterson; stupidwomen
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"They love the celebrity status," Jack Levin, a criminologist who is director of the Brudnick Center on Violence at Northeastern University in Boston, told the Chronicle. Co-author of the book "Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder," Levin said it examines "killer groupies," among other bizarre behavior surrounding the condemned. No, they are just plain stupid!
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:10:48 PM PST
by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:14:08 PM PST
by
theDentist
(The Dems are putting all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
To: wagglebee
Just Damn!
There are too many SICK people in this country.
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:14:18 PM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: wagglebee
And they say Terri Schiavo is brain damaged.
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:16:04 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all)
To: wagglebee
Quit calling me stupid. Until Michael Schiavo comes on the market, Scott Peterson is the best I can do.
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:16:05 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(I am at Dr. Venture's lab to right that which is wrong and to repair the torn curtain of time itself)
To: Xenalyte
LMAO! There's always Charles Manson.
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:17:19 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
If the Night Stalker can get marriage proposals, I guess Scottie can, too.
Sick, sick, sick.
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:18:20 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: Xenalyte
What? When I'm available???
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:18:39 PM PST
by
null and void
(innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
To: null and void
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:19:52 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(I am at Dr. Venture's lab to right that which is wrong and to repair the torn curtain of time itself)
To: Xenalyte
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:21:58 PM PST
by
null and void
(innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
To: wagglebee
Senior Moments
A little old lady is sitting on a park bench in Miami Beach. A man walks over and sits down on the other end of the bench.
After a few moments, the woman asks, "Are you a stranger here?"
He replies, "I used to live here years ago."
"So, where were you all these years?"
"In prison," he says.
"For what did they put you in prison?"
He looks at her, and very quietly says,"I killed my wife."
"Oh," says the woman. "So you're single.?"
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:22:16 PM PST
by
null and void
(innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
To: null and void
That joke is supposed to take place in the Catskills. You left out all the good parts.
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:28:04 PM PST
by
nickcarraway
(I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
To: nickcarraway
Nope. Miami. You missed the title...
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:33:48 PM PST
by
null and void
(innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
Are you kidding me?? I took a double take. Justice will be served. Are women really that damn desperate?? Or are they incredibly selfish that they need what they think is attention from the media, when in fact we loathe them?? This sickens me.
To: wagglebee
What are the Menendez brothers? Chopped liver?
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:38:40 PM PST
by
dennisw
("What is Man that thou art mindful of him")
To: Xenalyte
To: nickcarraway
Although come to think of it, anywhere along the borscht circuit would work...
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:41:43 PM PST
by
null and void
(innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
To: wagglebee
Would there be any benefits to being heir after his execution?
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:44:07 PM PST
by
Boiling point
(If God had not meant for man to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat!)
To: Boiling point
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:45:47 PM PST
by
null and void
(innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
To: dennisw
"...What are the Menendez brothers? Chopped liver?..."
They should be.
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posted on
03/27/2005 5:47:49 PM PST
by
NCC-1701
(AN ACTIVIST JUDICIARY IS A CULT!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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