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Q: the Scott Peterson Trial
asked by: smith8500 on July 14th, 2004
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Is anyone else here following the laci peterson homicide trial? Erin? I figured you might be.
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linuxChique
replied on July 15th, 2004
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Actually I haven't... I do know they presented the first piece of hard evidence recently, a hair found in his boat. I think that's ridiculous. I think everything mike owns has a piece of my hair on it. They spent so much time together because they were married, sleeping in the same bed, and living in the same house, that even if she had .N.E.V.E.R set foot in that boat, he probably would have had some of her hair on him when he went out in it.

That's all I know.
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sparklypixie12
replied on July 15th, 2004
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I wish I could follow that trial-it'd be so interesting-i dont mean that in a sick way
did you know that over here it's illegal to film any court proceedings no matter how minor they are? You can't even take pictures so they have artists who go in & draw what's happening.They showed the louise woodward & oj simpson trials here because that's allowed & they weren't filmed in british law courts
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linuxChique
replied on July 15th, 2004
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Liz, you can go to cnn.Com and if you find an article about the trial, there will always be this box on the right side that says "sign up for email alerts" and you can sign up for email alerts only on the scott peterson trial. They have lots of different subjects you can sign up for so you don't get alerted about every new story, just the ones that interest you.
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sparklypixie12
replied on July 15th, 2004
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That's cool-thanks erin!
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linuxChique
replied on July 15th, 2004
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There is a good article about the evidence. The biggest thing they found is that laci had a dr's appt the day before she disappeared that showed the age of the fetus was 32 weeks. The autopsy on the fetus showed a gestational age of 33 weeks, and another estimate said even 38 or 39 weeks, which meant that either laci and the baby were alive up to 7 weeks after their disappearance or at least the baby was. Which meant scott couldn't have done it because he was under scrutiny by the police the whole time.


Evidently, all the evidence that the prosecution has is circumstantial. I don't presume to know if he's guilty or not, but I think he's gonna get off.

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nikki_caro
replied on July 15th, 2004
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Hey since I live in the same state, they play it on the news alot. They are about to question the girlfriend amber. Because they said a week before she found all this out, she had contacted a homicide detective and they arent sure why. And they also said that looking at phone records she would call him maybe 2-3 times a day or so but as soon as lacy was missing on christmas eve, she called him like 12-13 times a day. And they said she seemed obsessed about something. So they are still going back and forth about saying it could have been another person, but then it could have been scott. Last week they showed pics of the baby and laci as they found them and lacis parents walked out and scott didnt even look at the screen.
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smith8500
replied on July 15th, 2004
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Why He's Guilty
I always thought he was guilty. A lot of the evidence is cercumstancial but.... This is one thing I caught myself... #1 scott peterson claims that laci was mopping the floors when he left the morning of dec. 24. #2: scott claims laci was using the curling iron on her hair in the bathroom the morning he left. Well, does anyone else see something up with his two little stories!
This is proof enough for me. If you aren't guilty, why plan to flee the country. Here is the story:

when scott peterson was arrested last year on charges of murdering his pregnant wife laci, he claimed to be on his way to the golf course, but according to court documents obtained by court tv, peterson appeared to be preparing for a south-of-the-border escape.


When police arrested peterson in san diego on april 18, 2003, a search of the mercedes benz he was driving resulted in a bevy of evidence, according to a confidential document obtained by court tv's catherine crier.


Many of those items — nearly $15,000 in cash, four cellphones, six credit cards, camping gear — were revealed during a preliminary hearing in peterson's homicide case. And much has been noted about the dark-haired fertilizer salesman's suddenly blond locks and facial hair on the day of his arrest.


But while peterson claims he was seeking refuge from media attention, jurors will have to decide whether a cooking grill and water purifier fit in with that scenario when they hear about the full list from prosecutors.


"this is a guy who was not going to play golf where he was picked up," crier told the today show's katie couric wednesday. "there were no golf clubs in the car. In fact, I think it was pretty clear he was running."

the implements found in the maroon mercedes, according to the document, include foul-weather clothing, a hand shovel, a camping kit, a roll of duct tape, fire starters, approximately a week's worth of clothing, a hammock, a double-edged dagger and numerous other tools that one might use to live off the land, as well as 12 tablets of viagra.


"you don't need a water purifier in san diego—you might if you're going to mexico," crier said.


Scott had also reportedly told a friend earlier that month that his hair had naturally lightened after swimming in a friend's overchlorinated pool, according to the document. But after seeing peterson on tv at the time of his arrest, the friend told police that peterson's hair was noticeably lighter.


Detectives immediately filed a search warrant on peterson, who was being held at stanislaus county jail, requesting body- and pubic-hair samples to determine if those hairs had also been lightened.


Also included in the document: on the morning of peterson's arrest, as investigators followed him from san diego county to los angeles county and back to san diego, he used "counter-surveillance techniques" to try and give them the slip.


His alleged techniques — including swerving across the highway, exiting a freeway off-ramp and then immediately reentering the same freeway — caused investigators to lose his trail on at least two occasions, before they pulled him over at 11:10 a.M.


If convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son, peterson faces the death penalty. His trial is in its seventh week.
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linuxChique
replied on July 15th, 2004
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I sure hope they find out the truth. If he's guilty, he needs to burn.
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tweety12986
replied on July 15th, 2004
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I have been trying to follow it on court tv. All I know is I think he did it.
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