Posted on 12/18/2004 8:43:13 PM PST by nickcarraway
Thoughtful, intelligent and painfully aware of the gravity of their decision.
If, as some have suggested, their guilty verdict restored faith in the legal system, then their action Monday might has restored faith in the jury system.
Not because the jurors in the Scott Peterson trial chose death -- the merits of capital punishment in this case can and will continue to be debated -- but because of their comments at the post-verdict news conference and since. Agree or not, the four jurors who have spoken have clearly articulated why they decided Peterson was guilty and why he deserves to die. They carefully considered the evidence -- from the sequence of events on Dec. 24, 2002 to those incredibly callous fib-filled phone calls with Amber Frey -- and concluded that the only thing that made sense was that Peterson murdered his wife and his unborn son. And they hated him for it.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
"I know they can't prove it but I'm certain that he did it. I just have a strong feeling."
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