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Police officer due on the stand this morning in Peterson trialPolice officer due on the stand this morning in Peterson trial REDWOOD CITY, Calif. A Modesto police officer is due on the stand today in the Scott Peterson murder trial. Yesterday, jurors heard testimony from an auditor that Peterson was deep in debt when his wife disappeared. Prosecutors are suggesting that in addition to an affair being a motive for murder, Peterson's finances were faltering. They're trying to show to the jury that he hoped to gain from a 250-thousand dollar life insurance policy taken out on Laci Peterson more...

NewsMax.com's religion editor Fr. Mike Reilly argues that the Laci Peterson case poses a problem for America's abortion advocates. "[Scott] Peterson, who is to be arraigned on charges for the death of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son, was arrested Friday morning ..." reports the New York Post. We can all agree that Laci Peterson was murdered, but I thought that the unborn baby was just a fetus. How can Scott Peterson be arraigned on charges for murdering a non-person? If Lacihad brought the child to a local abortionist, he could have killed the baby - and the state...

The National Organization for Women is backing away from comments an official made on the decision to charge Scott Peterson with two murders in the deaths of his wife and unborn child. The furor came as the parents of the murdered Modesto, Calif., woman broke their silence to say how much they missed their daughter and hoped "the person" who had killed her would be brought to justice. The controversy was touched off on the weekend when Marva Stark, president of a NOW chapter in New Jersey, said she feared the double-murder charge could strengthen efforts to enact a ban...

Judge blasts Peterson prosecutors, strikes witness testimonyJudge blasts Peterson prosecutors, strikes witness testimony Scott Peterson watched Tuesday as a judge threw out testimony against him after prosecutors failed to follow evidentiary rules. By Harriet Ryan Court TV REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The judge presiding over Scott Peterson's murder trial angrily rebuked prosecutors Tuesday for repeated violations of the evidence rules and as punishment ordered jurors to disregard entirely the testimony of a state witness. "I've had it. This has been a constant refrain in this case. This is going to have to stop," Judge Alfred Delucchi shouted at prosecutors after...

MODESTO, Calif. -- Stanislaus County District Attorney James Brazelton announced late Friday he will seek the death penalty against Scott Peterson, who was arrested last week on charges of murdering his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son. Brazelton made the announcement in a statement issued shortly after he met with family members of Laci Peterson. Peterson, 30, was being held without bail on charges that he murdered his 27-year-old wife and the unborn son they had planned to name Conner. The corpses of the two washed ashore in San Francisco Bay last week about three miles from where Peterson...

<Peterson Cries As Friend Gives Testimony Peterson Friend: Scott Left 'Frantic' MessagePeterson Cries As Friend Gives Testimony Peterson Friend: Scott Left 'Frantic' Message POSTED: 4:20 pm PDT August 4, 2004 UPDATED: 8:03 pm PDT August 4, 2004 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Scott Peterson appeared to cry in court Wednesday during testimony from one of his Modesto friends about the pair looking at camouflage-patterned children's clothing in a catalog in the weeks before his pregnant wife Laci disappeared. Greg Reed testified that he and Peterson looked at a catalog that included the children's clothing sometime before Dec. 24, 2002, the day...

Frey's testimony brings drama, but what about evidence? Frey's testimony brings drama, but what about evidence? Amber Frey's testimony could last eight days and is the most hotly anticipated of Scott Peterson's murder trial. By Harriet Ryan Court TV REDWOOD CITY, Calif — She's been described as a mistress, a massage therapist and lithesome blonde, but this week Amber Frey gets a new designation: Witness #102. The 29-year-old is expected to take the stand at the capital murder trial of former paramour Scott Peterson Tuesday morning. Her testimony, estimated to last eight days, is the most hotly anticipated of the...

<p>Scott Peterson may have been tried and convicted by the jury of public opinion, but it may not be so simple to win a murder conviction -- let alone a death sentence -- at trial.</p> <p>"This could just be a case of an immature idiot getting into a fight and killing his pregnant wife, and then doing a series of really stupid things," said former federal prosecutor Don Heller.</p>

Peterson's ex-mistress set to testify Test results pending on tarp found near body REDWOOD CITY, California (CNN) -- Taped telephone conversations between Scott Peterson and his former mistress, Amber Frey, are expected to make up the heart of testimony when Frey takes the stand in Peterson's double murder trial Tuesday morning.Frey began taping calls in December 2002, after meeting with detectives less than a week after the disappearance of Peterson's pregnant wife, Laci."The prosecution can argue that there is a motive for murder, and we'll see Scott Peterson wormed his way into her life and into her heart," said...

Woman sues People over Peterson photo By JIM DAVIS THE FRESNO BEE Published: April 29, 2003, 06:31:13 AM PDT A Fresno woman is suing People magazine because it published a photo of Scott Peterson and Amber Frey with a picture of the woman visible on a wall in the background. Sherina Vincent sold the photo and three others to People. She is charging breach of contract because her image was to be removed. "My client is very distraught that her picture has appeared in a national magazine with Scott Peterson," said Michele Engnath, Vincent's lawyer. Vincent also alleges that the...

Frey's former lover contacted police while Laci Peterson was missing Frey's former lover contacted police while Laci Peterson was missing Scott Peterson and Amber Frey dated several years after Frey was involved with another married man about to be a father. ....Another photo from the photo galleryA memorial in front of the Peterson home attracted thousands who never met Laci, but were touched by her tragic story. (Court TV) — One of Amber Frey's ex-lovers contacted police weeks after Laci Peterson went missing to report the relationship he had with the massage therapist about five years before she dated Scott...

Greetings from 'Brussels': Excerpts of Peterson, Frey phone callsGreetings from 'Brussels': Excerpts of Peterson, Frey phone calls In the first few days of 2003, as scores of volunteers were searching for his missing wife, Scott Peterson made repeated calls to his mistress, Amber Frey. Although he claimed to be on an extended business trip in Europe, and provided elaborate details of his stay there, he was actually calling from his home in Modesto, Calif. Frey, meanwhile, was secretely recording their phone calls for police. Jan. 1, 2002, 12:01 a.m. FREY: So what do you want to be together with me?...

FREEP CALL: KGO'S JOHN ROTHMANN INDICATES HIS BELIEF THAT A NEWBORN IS NOT ALIVE BEFORE BREATHING! Originally Posted on 09/02/2000 06:35:28 PDT by tame I post this again for a little retrospection on the implications John Rothmann's bizarre belief would have on the Laci Peterson case...no double homicide? In responding to a freep caller's questioning, VERY liberal KGO radio host John Rothmann indicated that a newborn infant is not alive until breathing begins. It is understood that, medically, it could be argued that it depends on what the meaning of the word "alive" is. But in the context of John's...

Nancy Grace's daily show on the Peterson trial is playing the tapes as they are being released by the court! KNEW-AM 910 San Francisco

In Texas, Scott couldn't be charged for the death of his son because, as one woman put it so eloquently, in Texas the child is a "no- thing" before birth. There is no way to bring a charge in civil or criminal court for the wrongful death of an unborn child who dies in Texas against his or her mother's will. HB 246, The Prenatal Protection Act http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00246&VERSION=2&TYPE=A is being held up in the State Affairs Committee of the Texas Legislature because the Texas Medical Association doesn't want the unborn child to be recognized as a cause for malpractice. This...

August 13, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Jurors shot disapproving glances at Scott Peterson yesterday as they listened to recordings of his mistress confronting him about his missing pregnant wife and heard his initial flustered response, "She's alive . . . in Modesto."

<p>May 17, 2003 -- Police divers returned to San Francisco Bay to search for clues in the Laci Peterson murder case yesterday as lawyers for her husband - and accused killer - revealed that they're looking into the possibility that she and her unborn son were victims of a satanic cult.</p>

August 16, 2004 -- WHAT do you think is the most common form of death for pregnant women in American cities? No, it's not complications of pregnancy or childbirth. It's not poor pre-natal care. It's not pregnancy-related blood diseases or anything else you might imagine..

Bad Jurors: 114 And Counting Bad Jurors: 114 And Counting By Carl F. Worden 114 and counting: That's the number of men released from death rows in the United States in the past 12 years, after DNA forensic science proved they could not have committed the crimes the jurors said they did. I've just been tallying up the responses to my article, "Laci Peterson's Murderer: A Look Back At The Zodiac", in which I presented facts that bring into question the seemingly "given" guilt of husband Scott Peterson. Now, it isn't that I believe Scott Peterson is innocent or guilty....