Prosecutors want autopsy results unsealed

The Modesto Bee ^ | May 29 2003 | John Cote' and Garth Stapely

[Freedom2specul8]

Oh yeah, I believe he said it..I hope you didn't think I was questioning your reporting. I trust ya!!

I just have numerous doubts about his claim...I had a instuctor who was also a probation and parole officer. In his class...we learned that evidence of such cults can be found in communities..

Runningbear, jdontom..I sure would love to hear your opinions....

[Jhoffa_]

Hey, why the heck don't you keep up with the thread, instead of ordering me to step-and-fetch for you? Read back.

Translation from Anseian to Modern English: "I can't answer you because I had no idea what I was talking about to begin with."

Get a clue about Geragos' strategy. Do you know about it?

I have some observations..

He's running a parallel investigation--at least he thinks he is.

That's his job..

Get up to speed and get back to me. And don't give me orders.

Asking you politely to explain your own comments is "giving you orders"

Oh my...

Now, again... What "Government powers" are you refering to here?

Why is that such a difficult question?

[Freedom2specul8]

It's late.....I'm tired. G'nite all...

[Freedom2specul8]

As an outsider who peeked in to the exchanges between you and jhoffa.. are you saying that the defendant's atty is using local law enforcement for their parallel investigation?

[justshe]

I remember years ago seeing pictures of the Mud People....in L.A.(Hollywood).

These were people who would cover their entire bodies with mud...hair and face included....and then walk down the streets attempting to get closer to Mother Earth...or some such.

I figure if those type of nuts were around years ago...the "nutso culture" HAS to have evolved(?) towards satanic cults etc. by now.

And no.....I didn't think you were questioning my reporting. :-)

[Devil_Anse]

Okay, JH, I'm sorry I snapped at you. Apparently you are really asking this question.

Dragging people into court to testify? Well, Geragos can do that in this case. He can use subpoenas.

But I was talking about the fact that he is apparently trying to run a parallel investigation with that of the police. He appears to be re-doing what they have done so far. He is obviously going to try, among other things, a battle of the experts. (Spare us!)

B/F the preliminary hearing was set, the prosecutor was talking about maybe using a grand jury in this case. No sooner had the DA said that, than Geragos went around putting out word that the DEFENSE was going to give the prosecutors a list of witnesses that the DEFENSE wanted called in the grand jury. Unheard of! The defense has no such right! The state runs the grand jury, and that's that. They can do what they want with it, and the defense does not have a say. If the defense doesn't like what the grand jury produces, it can file a motion to dismiss the indictment. But the defense can't run the grand jury before the fact.

On other fronts, it appears that Geragos is surely lining up forensic experts who would presumably testify in a way which would bolster his crazy theory (which he plucked out of thin air) that "satanists" killed Laci and the baby. Thus, he will have his experts, and the state will have theirs. Parallel investigations. One negates the other.

Next thing, Geragos claims HE will SOLVE THIS CRIME. He's starting to sound like Joe Friday by this time. What the heck business is it of his--to solve crimes?? He is supposed to protect Scott's rights. He is not supposed to be going around pointing the finger at other people, some of whom might actually be innocent. Dangerous.

Then we hear that there is this "mystery woman" witness who Geragos says can tell us who "really" killed Laci. Then we hear that the defense "has her in their custody". Once again, it's making it sound as though the defense were a police agency in its own right. It's not.

The power to police is a function of the government. It is not something which is ordinarily given to private individuals. I have no great respect for our huge, swollen, overbearing government, but still, it does have some legitimate functions which belong solely to IT. And policing the citizens (and others) is one of those functions. For heaven's sake, we might as well have the government earning a small fraction of the money it sucks out of us, by performing the police work for us! One of its useful functions--for a change.

[Devil_Anse]

Whoa! That must be strange. What was he doing, leering at that female lawyer for the newspapers? That Charity What's-her-name?

He's a mess.

[Yaelle]

If I recall, half the stuff Johnny Cochran spewed in his opening testimony in the OJ case about "what the evidence was going to reveal" was untrue and never came up in court. Geragos knows that too. But, then again, with the right jury, who needs evidence?

[Jhoffa_]

I know you may find it unsavory, but the defense can call witnesses, force them to testify, put forth (ahem) "alternative" theories (which the judge may well disallow if they are over the top) call "expert" witnesses and so on and so forth.

A well represented defendant has allot of room to operate here, and MG is making the most of it.

It doesn't bother me. I like to see these things happen so that when the smoke clears no one has to second guess themselves and there's no remorse about the sentence.

Freedom is unique in the sense that we can't give it back.

You know, you can't come along later and tell someone: "Whoops, we screwed up.. here's your 10 years back." Once you take it, it's gone for good..

So I like to see these things and I like to be sure.

[EastCoast]

The guy looks like a pixie.

Yeah, a pixolated pixie!

[Devil_Anse]

There is a whole lot of stuff that SCOTT PETERSON SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DO.

For starters, he shouldn't be allowed to invent false evidence. He shouldn't be allowed to find lunatics and influence them to talk about their delusions as though those delusions were real. He shouldn't be allowed to have some woman "in the custody" of "the defense". He shouldn't be allowed to selectively leak gruesome details of the sealed autopsies. He shouldn't be allowed to have press people putting out false stories to TAINT the jury pool. He shouldn't be allowed to HARASS WITNESSES BY CALLING THEM AND OFFERING THEM GIFTS.

He shouldn't be allowed to have bail, b/c he is clearly a flight risk and he is charged with the most serious of crimes. He shouldn't be allowed to convert his dead wife's SEPARATE property (valuable inherited property, to name one example) to his own use, when there are other legitimate claimants. He shouldn't be allowed to swear that he is indigent one day, and suddenly pick and choose expensive counsel the next day--especially as I understand said counsel is being paid, to a significant extent, by the TAXPAYERS.

Oh, let's hear it. "Thcott Peterthon ithn't doing all thothe thingth! Hith lawyer ith!" Hello? His lawyer is acting for Scott Peterson!

Oh, and did I forget one minor thing? He shouldn't be allowed to murder his wife and child--just in case he did!!!

[Devil_Anse]

Um, it's not exactly over yet.

And today it appears Geragos stepped in a pile of his own sleazy stuff. He actually lost his cool, from what I hear. Heh heh. He's not looking as smug these days. Keep the old chin up, Mark!

[joyce11111]

I betcha snotty gave it to Amber...maybe that is Allred's OH .---MY--- Gawd!!!!!!!!

[joyce11111]

I wonder...I went to an About.com forum tonight..just to see what they are saying elsewhere on the *net*..OMG...they all think snotty is innocent and that the Rocha's are trash!!!!!

[Jhoffa_]

You're really taking this personally, aren't you?

Are you related or otherwise personally tied into this case in some fashion?

(Cousin, ex-next door neighbor, school chum, or whatever.. ?)

[PFKEY]

They will just jump at ANY chance to spin!!

And isn't that what we all thrive on?

[PFKEY]

thanks to none other than Scott, who inhabited the house for several months on and off.

On the off chance this guy is innocent, and in this great land that is the presumtion, what would be your remedy?

Seize all his property and then if arrested you could say see. Or better yet if found guily then you can see.

[Devil_Anse]

ROFLMAO!!!!!

[Devil_Anse]

Puppy-child is a girl? lol, I didn't know that! My pup has a hurt paw. I guess I'll be taking him to the vet tomorrow. I don't know what he did to his paw.

[Devil_Anse]

One thing about Larry King: he's consistent. Always pathetic. Always inept.

He gets the guests everyone wants to see. That's how he keeps his show on the air. But as an interviewer, he is the lamest ever.