Thread: From 'Why did he?' to 'Did he?' in 28 days

But all he needs is enough reasonable doubt in one juror's mind and he will walk on the charges. And the judge will charge the jury accordingly with instructions to find him "not guilty" if there is any doubt at all.
That's why these attorney's make the big bucks - they odn't need to prove their client innocent - they only need to introduce a little confusion in the minds of the jury.

pounce !

I am sticking with innocent until PROVEN guilty. I know people who were arrested for something they did not do. I was arrested for something my ex jerk did. While I DO conceed that things do not look good for him....I still think you can't believe all that you read in the paper (NY Times anyone) see online (goes without saying) and said by both the defense and prosecution. So I am holding judgement. JMHO

Originally posted by Widgetsx3
I am sticking with innocent until PROVEN guilty. I know people who were arrested for something they did not do. I was arrested for something my ex jerk did. While I DO conceed that things do not look good for him....I still think you can't believe all that you read in the paper (NY Times anyone) see online (goes without saying) and said by both the defense and prosecution. So I am holding judgement. JMHO

Thank you, I have been saying this all along but ppl (and I don't mean bbs, I mean the entire country) are so eager to believe what the media says and to judge that I don't even bother getting into the debate over it anymore.

Scott Peterson is guilty. I agree HumNbirdMO he has never showed one ounce of emotions towards his wife and unborn child. All of the garbage that is being leaked to the press is the defense trying to make the scum look innocent. I feel that just by watching his actions since Laci's went missing that he is quilty. When I watched his interview on TV it reminded me of when Susan Smith was telling her lies. I knew that girl was lying and so was Scott lying. He told Amber that he was a Widower and his wife died a year ago. Why would he say that , it is like he knew she was going to die? He also was suppose to be looking for his missing wife, but was really playing golf on several occassion. That is a person who wasn't very concerned that his pregnant wife was missing. He is a sick person that has no shame or remorse for what he has done. What is so sad is that his defense will more than likely get him off these charges and he will live his life, while poor Laci's and Conner can't.

Originally posted by mom4angels
Scott Peterson is guilty. I agree HumNbirdMO he has never showed one ounce of emotions towards his wife and unborn child. All of the garbage that is being leaked to the press is the defense trying to make the scum look innocent. I feel that just by watching his actions since Laci's went missing that he is quilty. When I watched his interview on TV it reminded me of when Susan Smith was telling her lies. I knew that girl was lying and so was Scott lying. He told Amber that he was a Widower and his wife died a year ago. Why would he say that , it is like he knew she was going to die? He also was suppose to be looking for his missing wife, but was really playing golf on several occassion. That is a person who wasn't very concerned that his pregnant wife was missing. He is a sick person that has no shame or remorse for what he has done. What is so sad is that his defense will more than likely get him off these charges and he will live his life, while poor Laci's and Conner can't.

Ok, I agree that Susan Smith was guilty, but she eventually admitted it and so therefore we knew... but did you know this stuff about Darlie Routiere (or however you spell her name), which is a good example of now the media works against us in alot of cases.


Have you ever watched the show American Justice when they focus on Darlies trial? Most of the country thought she was guilty cause all they saw of her was a little bit of a very long tape where she sprayed a little silly string on her childs grave. 'Oh, that is not what grief looks like, she's absolutely guilty!'. I just don't get that attitude, especially since they've shown that tape almost in it's entirety on tv now and they spend 45 minutes having a 'normal' memorial service, everybody crying, holding hands, hugging and remembering the boys. But all the media wanted to show you was the birthday party which was Darlies SISTERS idea! And before anyone can say she was 'acting' for a camera, she was under surveilance and was NOT aware she was being videotaped. Also, all the media told us on the news were that she had 'surface knife wounds' and the world believed they were self inflicted cause that little bit of information is all they (the media) thought you needed to know. Not true, there are pictures of Darlie later that night after being arrested that show that woman with BLACK ARMS AND CHEST! She OBVIOUSLY struggled w/ someone, even the best faker couldn't bruise themself to the extent this woman was bruised to. As well as the fact that they found her childs blood and one of her socks all the way at the end of their street... a street that would take a normal person 10 minutes to get to the end to running at full speed and she apparently did it TWICE in 6? Ran there AND BACK in SIX minutes just to plant evidence? Just because the media says something, even if true, does NOT mean it's the WHOLE truth and even if Darlie is guilty, there's alot of stuff the public doesn't know cause they apparently prefer to be in the dark where it's ok to judge w/out all the evidence. Now we have this wonderful thing called court tv, and when Scotts trial finally does happen (and I think it's wrong to think him even more guilty cause his defense team leaked some information to plant some doubt in the jury pools mind... he may have objected and they did it anyway... we DON'T know!) we will ALL know the evidence at the same time the jury does... there will be no guessing anymore and I bet before it's over that more than one of you who thinks he should fry will change your mind!

Originally posted by mesue
I agree. Is this the case(Darlies) that they made a movie about in which Farah Fawcett Majors played Darlie, the one where one of the children died and the others testified that she shot them?

No! That woman WAS guilty! This was a woman in a burb just outside of Dallas county. She's sitting on death row for the death of her two oldest boys. She obviously was found guilty, but I am one of those ppl that believes in her innocence. Here's a link:

http://donlemaire.homestead.com/darlieroutier.html


If you have the RealOne Player, you can watch the episode of American Justice I quoted above, and there's several other tv spots they have done on her as well... from 20/20 and local news sources.

There's also a poll on there...

Should Darlie be Freed?
YES(1259) 50%
NO(938) 37%
UNSURE(320) 13%


2517 total votes since 10/28/01


Anyways, I know this post was about scott peterson and I wasn't trying to change the subject, just trying to show how the media only gives us tiny morsels of a HUGE picture... and those tiny morsels are all about ratings, which they get... but generally they are misleading at the least!

[quote]A Hole In Scott Peterson's Alibi?

Where was Scott Peterson on Dec. 24, 2002 when his pregnant wife, Laci, disappeared from their Modesto, Calif., home?

He has always used the same alibi: He was fishing near Berkeley.

Now comes word from the Fox News Channel that Laci's sister, Amy, cut Scott's hair on Dec. 23 in her Modesto beauty parlor. While she snipped, he told her that he had firm golf plans for the next day--Dec. 24--including a specific tee time. Scott also volunteered to run an errand for Amy on his way home from golf.

Of course, he never did play golf or run that errand.

Soon after the decomposed remains of Laci and their son, whom they would have named Conner, washed ashore in San Francisco in April, Peterson was arrested for their murders. Now Fox is speculating this could be a hole in Peterson's alibi.


Meanwhile, an unnamed source from Peterson's defense team, which is led by attorney Mark Geragos, says not only is Peterson innocent, but also the real murderer is someone named "Donnie," who may have links with drugs. The source told Fox the defense team thinks Donnie is the mysterious man spotted in the tan van on the Peterson's street the day Laci vanished.

Fox News reports that police detectives who are working the case are just as angry about the "Donnie" theory as they are about the one involving a satanic cult. All of this has led the judge in the highly-publicized case to consider issuing a gag order. "The gag order will definitely reduce the theatrical nature of the information we are getting," Fox News legal expert Stan Goldman told the Fox Sacramento station KTXL. "We will no longer have lots of sensational comments being made in front of microphones by the attorneys or the investigators."


Click to see a map that shows where the remains of Laci and Conner were found in relation to the Peterson's Modesto home and the site where Scott says he was fishing.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/maps/...t.exclude.html

I guess I don't see how that puts a hole in anyones alibi, plans change all the time and ppl lie to better their cases (the defense AND the prosecutions side) all the time... so this just seems exactly as was said in the article ... sensationalism.

May you never be tried before a jury of your peers with preconceived judgements. Innocent until PROVEN guilty....