I guess the jury didn't buy his "ultra-pro-choice" approach to pregnancy.

Judge will not overturn their verdict and give him life without parole. I think he will let it stand. Scott is a dead man in Gen Pop and will not survive the appeals process Garagos has in store.

He could get off on appeal. This case was really screwy. Scott got off easy with Death. This is California for fuck's sake. There isn't a collective set of balls in that justice system. He will die of old age on death row before he gets the needle.

Finally caught and sentanced after, what, three missing girlfriends and the wife?

Get a rope.

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This has to be the most over rated and over reported news story of the year. Out of the thousands of homocides that happen every year, how is it that the Press manages to pick one of them to prattle on about for months?

Who the hell cares?

Completely OT: Ace, what was that big secret you were going to let us in on a while ago?

And what happened to your blogroll?

Concur with Ace. Judge will overturn...the dipshit will never see Gen Pop (unfortunately)...he'll live in Ad Seg for a long, long time.

Out of the thousands of homocides that happen every year, how is it that the Press manages to pick one of them to prattle on about for months?

Like everything else on TV, they are 'pretty'. And pretty means good ratings. (Trump can't find a homely entrepreneur?)

If the case had been Wayne and Waynetta Slob from Shitsplat, Texas, we would never have heard about it.

It gets media attention because it started as a missing person(s) case -- pregnant woman, due to deliver any day, disappears from middle-class neighborhood at Christmas. That's pretty compelling.

Then Scott Peterson set off everybody's red flags with his creepy, patently guilty demeanor.

Now we know it was murder. That's a pretty hard-hitting story. The TV coverage is an insane circus, of course, but an update every now and then doesn't bother me.

In California, it is the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that sits on all the death penalty cases. They take them as habeas corpus cases, and refuse to rule on them indefinitely. The state officials can't do anything about it.

Compare to Texas. Back when I did habeas cases, the policy was expressed to me was "they're f***ing guilty."

Wife is missing, then found dead.

Extensive investigation reveals that husband is an asshole.

Verdict: DEATH!!!

give me a freaking break.

-First, we kill all the lawyers.
--Followed by the Ad exectives,
---And finally the journalists.
---- by the time that is all done, there won't be many politicians left either.

Pretty people make news.

Any doubt? Think back to the Robert Blake media boomlet. I think the press figured "Celebrity murder-for-hire? cha-ching! " They were all over it for about as long as it took to get a couple updated photos on the wire, then it went nowhere. They just weren't very attractive.

Trust me, there are plenty of creepy guys and murdered spouses out there. This is all about looks.

The judge will go with the jury's recommendation. If Scott gets a break, it'll be in the appeal process. If he gets a break, it'll be more than he gave Lacy and Conner.

Wayne and Wynetta Slob of Shitsplat, Texas resent that remark! After all, when little Bart Slob of Shitsplat came up missing after he accidentially shot our only good bird dog Ginnie, ('ya see Old Blue went blind and we had to put her down with the old 870) the Shitsplat Sherriff come here and asked us where he was before his doughnut break.

People, people, people, aren't we being a tad hasty in our execution of Scott Murder"son." As we all know, we can never escape death or taxes. Hence, Murder"son" has succeeded in tax avoidance through death. I would rather remove his superfluous appendages and get him to work hammering rocks at a maximum security prison. Then, after his "work," he can "play" with the Sodom"y" and Gomorrah types. Finally, as a nightcap, he can sacrifice his body for scientific and medical advancement. See, voila! He serves the public interest and might even contribute to the baby boomers' Social Security fund.

Larry J, I'm with you. These trials disgust me. It's none of my business, it's none of your business, and it sure isn't any business of the "journalists." This is invading the privacy of others.

Not only that, but I DON'T CARE. Things like this happen constantly. It's just simply not news.

I'm sick of O.J., I'm sick of Kobe, I'm sick of Scott and Elizabeth Smart, and everybody else.

I'm not indignant because this story was hyped - so what if they were 'pretty'? It was a compelling event, and it does not invalidate the horrendous nature of other murders to have the Peterson's focused on.

That said, I reeeealy wish he'd gotten life. I think it would be lovely for Scott to become the Gen Pop's favorite X-mas trade item, and there would have been a much greater chance that justice (actual, you know, death) would have been served in a timely manner.

It was a soap opera folks. Did'nt everyone tune in to see "who shot J R"?

Agree with Larry J.

Adding, who should really care???

This is infotainement. It started with OJ, but the media really hit the formula with JonBenet and Chandra. It's basically for the stay at home Mom with modest to moderate consumer purchasing power - but since they are desperate for a real life soap opera to live their mundane lives vicariously through - they provide the numbers to jack the ratings so the cheap home products offered during a "all Laci, all the time" so-called news hour - do sell quite well, even if the woman that drive "Laci" coverage are K-Mart social strata.

The media is always casting around for another character or two that will tug such women's heartstrings. Drue Shajden missing, Kobe's accuser...Baretta's victim was tried and didn't cut it because she was a 40 years plus nasty skank...

The media will lose no time getting the next Chandra or Laci lined up. The economics are compelling. You get a celebrity lawyer anchor, her guest lawyer celebrities, and can park their asses and cover a "news story" that you can manipulate so it keeps on giving day after day, hopefully for years of lucrative milking at rock-bottom production charges...The formula is:

1. It has to be an attractive, white female victim. Age 5 to 30.

2. The victim has to be missing, a bona fide damsel in distress, or a sexaul assaultee...

OR/AND (preferably)

The victim of a celebrity.

3. Near a major media market so all outlets can make it into a story.

4. It helps if there are colorful family members that sorta like the limelight and play along, like the Rochas, Levy's, or Nicole Simpson's sisters. And that leaks from the prosecutor or cops come with predictable regularity to keep the story hot...And plentiful pics of the smiling, attractive white girl/woman are a must.

5. The suspected killer must also be white to prevent the appearance of racial bias, unless the person is a black celebrity or pro athlete.

6. A person peripherally involved must agree to be represented by Gloria Allred so her obligatory daily media interview in all media outlets can be performed.

7. In the jury selection phase, the court must help out the media by seating at least one, preferably more cretins of erratic behavior that the lawyer celebrities can discuss, and the defense must be done by another celebrity lawyer they all know and can so discuss what a genius he/she is, and their brilliant tactics...all lavishingly discussed for a week following any motion or statement or court appearance.

Given 300 murders a week happen, as "Laci 365 days just for you jobless bon-bon muncher ladies" dies off, I am sure the networks are scurrying around everyday as talent scouts...looking for that big hit who will be the next Laci. My preference would be an attractive white Hispanic who served in a Iraq rear area as a soldier - making her a woman war hero - who went home to Chicago or Miami or any of the 14 other major media markets, got pregant, and disappeared.

Or a cute red head. We haven't had a year or two of a red head yet..

Let me get this straight. All I have to do to become a famous TV celebrity is find a cute teeny-bopper, kidnap her, have my way with her, cut her into pieces, and plunk her in the river, and make sure I leave enough clues for the authority figures to nab me in a hot pursuit reflective of the OJ Bronco "escape?" That sounds easy.

Wallfly: It sounds easy except for the part where the cops make you look like a cheese grater by taking you down in a hail of gunfire. Unless of course you're actually somebody famous.

So glad this case is over... brace yourself for the inevitable death penalty debate!

more: www.politicalthought.net

Considering all this is taking place in wussy California, the jury is simply recommending that Scott spend the rest of his natural life in a private cell as opposed to having a room-mate. I just wish he had been tried in Texas!

Well, that Garagos always looked like a loser to me.

California has executed only 11 scumbags since 1963. I would say there is a better chance Peterson will die of old age.

Is there any way Peterson can/could end up in the general inmate population?

Jennifer, BrendaK, and others nailed it. Peterson will die of old age on death row. Many hundreds of similar vermin residing there now. One, Richard Allen Davis, a life-long predator, ripped a young girl from the "safety" of her home and brutally murdered her. It is not known what other tortures Polly Klaas suffered at his hands as the body was too badly decomposed for analysis. The crime occured in 1993. Davis was sentenced to death in 1996. It is reported that he is barely into the appeal process. It is reported that he has access to a computer, has numerous pen pals, and has sold his "prison art" via the internet. The criminal judicial system, at least in California, is a total fraud...operated only for the benefit of attorneys like Geragos.