Scott Peterson was just sentenced to death right now. Just thought you guys may want to know. He killed his wife and his unborn child and left them in water for the police to find. He's a jackass in my book.
Good Riddance. I wonder what the most painful way for a person to die on death row is. Isn't there a 'nuts in a combine' sentence in the constitution? If not there should be...
i'm against the death penalty. but if you have a death penalty...and you don't use it in a case like this...you need not have a death penalty at all.
True, True - I feel justice was served. Although, this is a no-win situation for both sides. The whole situation just sucks for both families.
Against the death penalty too, but wasn't the evidence in this case, mainly circumstancial? is that kind of evidence solid enought to use the death penalty on? BTW Max, i shot you an email earlier.
i shot you back. he's been found guilty...the nature of the crime is important, at this point...but i'm not sure the nature of the evidence is at this point. it's already been considered by the jury in the guilt/innocence stage.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/laci_peterson Jury Recommends Execution for Peterson By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - A jury decided Monday that Scott Peterson (news - web sites) should be executed for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, whose Christmas Eve disappearance two years ago was the opening act in a legal drama that captivated the nation. A cheer went up outside the courtroom as the jury announced its decision after 11 1/2 hours of deliberations over three days. The jury had two options in deciding the 32-year-old former fertilizer salesman's fate: life in prison without parole or death by injection. Peterson clenched his jaw when the verdict was read and leaned over to speak with his attorney, Mark Geragos, but showed no other emotion. Laci Peterson (news - web sites)'s mother, Sharon Rocha, cried — her lips quivering. Scott Peterson's mother, Jackie, showed no apparent emotion. A crowd of several hundred gathered outside the courthouse to hear the verdict — a scene reminiscent of when about 1,000 people showed up last month for the conviction. The San Francisco Examiner came out with a special edition within minutes of the sentence, with the giant headline "DEATH." Judge Alfred A. Delucchi will formally sentence Peterson on Feb. 25. The judge will have the option of reducing the sentence to life, but such a move is highly unlikely. If the judge upholds the sentence, Peterson will be sent to death row at San Quentin State Prison outside San Francisco, the infamous lockup where prisoners gaze out small cell windows overlooking the same bay where Laci Peterson's body was discarded. But Peterson still might not be executed for decades — if ever — and it can take years for even the first phase of the appeals process to begin. Since California brought back capital punishment in 1978, only 10 executions have been carried out; the last execution, in 2002, was for a murder committed in 1980. The state's death row houses about 650 people. The jury's decision followed seven days of tearful testimony in the penalty phase of the trial. Shortly before reaching its decision, the jury had asked the judge to see 13 pieces of evidence, including autopsy photos and aerial pictures of San Francisco Bay. In arguing for death last week, prosecutors called Peterson "the worst kind of monster" and said he was undeserving of sympathy. Geragos begged of jurors: "Just don't kill him. That's all I am asking of you. End this cycle." The death sentence came almost two years to the date after the disappearance of Laci Peterson, a 27-year-old substitute teacher who married her college sweetheart and was soon to be the proud mother of a baby boy named Conner. The story set off a tabloid frenzy as suspicion began to swirl around Scott Peterson, who claimed to have been fishing by himself on Christmas Eve and was carrying on an affair with a massage therapist at the time. The remains of Laci and the fetus washed ashore about four months later, just a few miles from where Peterson said he was fishing in the San Francisco Bay. The case went to trial in June, and the jury of six men and six women convicted Peterson last month of two counts of murder. The case graced more People magazine covers than any murder investigation in the publication's history. Court TV thrived on the case, providing countless hours of coverage on the investigation and gavel-to-gavel commentary throughout the trial. CNN's Larry King hosted show after show with pundits picking apart legal strategies, testimony and even Scott Peterson's demeanor. Trial regulars showed up by the hundreds to participate in the daily lottery for the coveted 27 public seats inside the courtroom. Prosecutors spent months portraying Peterson as a cheating husband and cold-blooded killer who wooed his lover even as police searched for his missing wife. They said he wanted to murder Laci to escape marriage and fatherhood for the pleasures of the freewheeling bachelor life. The prosecution put on a short, but emotional case in the penalty phase, calling just four witnesses. "Every morning when I get up I cry," Rocha told jurors. "It takes me a long time just to be able to get out of the house ... I miss her. I want to know my grandson. I want Laci to be a mother. I want to hear her called mom." Rocha would later rise halfway out of her seat and scream at Scott Peterson, who was seated impassively at the defense table: "Divorce was always an option," she said. "Not murder!" Defense attorneys argued during the trial's guilt phase that Peterson was framed and that the real killers dumped Laci's body in the water after learning of Peterson's widely publicized alibi. The defense fought hard to save Peterson's life, calling about 40 witnesses over seven days in the penalty phase. After the sentence, Geragos said defense will pursue "every and all appeals," adding that it's "a very difficult time. That's all I've got to say." Defense attorneys seized on anything from Scott Peterson's past in attempt to spare his life, including testimony that he never cheated or lost his temper on the golf course. They told jurors of the Scott Peterson who was a smiling, snuggling toddler. He was the high school golf captain who tutored younger students. He sang to seniors on Sundays and once broke up a dog fight. He cared for mentally r****ded children. He was the highly motivated son who worked his way through college. And finally, he was the young professional who married the woman he fell in love with in college. "I wish there was a phrase that I could give you that could turn this around and make you believe there is good, there is real, real good in this person," defense attorney Pat Harris said during closing arguments. "But I don't have that phrase ... that's up to you to decide."
Who's Scott Peterson? WOW! I just realized I have hair on my middle finger! Oh...nevermind, there's hair on my other fingers too.
That's a bit chilling. I hope I don't get a whole crowd of people reacting like that when the mode of my death is determined.
I'd be hoping that my mode of death wouldn't be determined. But, I'm an optimist. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go build a +5 suit of Dragon Scale Armor for my future unborn child, just in case this "Scott Peterson" character strikes again.
Was going to post this exact statement. It's like you read my thoughts. The death penalty is barbaric, but if it's going to be enforced this is the type of heinous act that warrants it.
That sucks. I was at my fiancee's parent's house, and the verdict came up on whatever they were watching. Being a staunch anti-capital punishment person, my feelings are shared with MadMax and SamCassell. Probably Kenny Smith, too. However, I kept thinking in my head that I just hope that there wasn't a cheer from the crowd. The MSNBC dude-Dan Abrams (sp?), I think-said it was a very muted response, however. All I know is, I believe those people who go to Huntsville or any other city where they execute people and cheer when it happens will be shocked to find themselves spending eternity with those same people, if, you know, there is a hell and all that.
You know I really wonder who would be considered a jerk in this book of yours. Jeffrey Dahmer? Osama? Carrot Top?
I don't care how far Mark Gerego spins the thing but Peterson is a wife-child killer. He deserves what he got.
I just watched the whole E True Hollywood Story on Laci Peterson and thought there was a good deal of evidence against Scott, but nothing like the evidence against OJ Simpson. If Johnny Cochran was his lawyer Scott would be a free man. I think that the evidence was enough to lock Scott Peterson up for life, but not enough for him to get the death penalty IMO.
For some reason I didn't get the email. I gave you another email account you can reply to tho, and if that doesn't work, you can even reply here in the forum.
