LA Innocence Project takes up notorious case of convicted wife-killer Scott Peterson

[Anonymous]

Not many details yet, but I always assumed he was guilty. For the Innocence Project to get involved does that give anyone else pause to think...."hmmm maybe he is innocent?" If not Scott then the last 20 years have been wasted with any possible suspects being long gone.

https://abc7.com/scott-peterson-innocence-project-laci-murder/14337140/

[Anonymous]

Interesting. I'll be keeping an eye on it. They must have something that makes them think hes innocent.

[Anonymous]

Very interesting. I work with innocence projects and most of them have almost no staff and a shoestring budget. They have very strict criteria to fully accept cases where the client has an actual claim of innocence (as opposed to something like was present during a murder but didn’t pull the trigger).

I have also always assumed he was guilty, but if an innocence project is taking him on, then they have very good reason to believe him wrongfully convicted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very interesting. I work with innocence projects and most of them have almost no staff and a shoestring budget. They have very strict criteria to fully accept cases where the client has an actual claim of innocence (as opposed to something like was present during a murder but didn’t pull the trigger).

I have also always assumed he was guilty, but if an innocence project is taking him on, then they have very good reason to believe him wrongfully convicted.

Certainly going to be fascinating to learn what new evidence there is.

[Anonymous]

I guess anything is possible but why, if Scott is innocent, did he dye his hair and appear to be fleeing to Mexico with $10,000 in cash?

"Scott Peterson was sporting a different hair color, a new beard, and toting $10,000 in cash and someone else's identification when he was arrested about 30 miles from the Mexican border on suspicion of killing his wife, Laci, reports say."
https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=131979&page=1

[Anonymous]

You people sure are fickle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess anything is possible but why, if Scott is innocent, did he dye his hair and appear to be fleeing to Mexico with $10,000 in cash?

"Scott Peterson was sporting a different hair color, a new beard, and toting $10,000 in cash and someone else's identification when he was arrested about 30 miles from the Mexican border on suspicion of killing his wife, Laci, reports say."
https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=131979&page=1

If I remember correctly, the prevailing opinion was that he was guilty. It was a very public case. I could see an innocent person running in that situation. He had had an affair, which made him look guilty, even though all the evidence against him was circumstantial.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. I can't see any scenario where Scott is innocent, but I look forward to hearing more.

[Anonymous]

The Innocence Project does such fabulous work!

Certainly hope they can free Scott from unjust imprisonment as soon as possible.

[Anonymous]

Hmmmm.

[Anonymous]

Hard to believe with the boat purchase, the anchors, where the body was found....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess anything is possible but why, if Scott is innocent, did he dye his hair and appear to be fleeing to Mexico with $10,000 in cash?

"Scott Peterson was sporting a different hair color, a new beard, and toting $10,000 in cash and someone else's identification when he was arrested about 30 miles from the Mexican border on suspicion of killing his wife, Laci, reports say."
https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=131979&page=1

If I remember correctly, the prevailing opinion was that he was guilty. It was a very public case. I could see an innocent person running in that situation. He had had an affair, which made him look guilty, even though all the evidence against him was circumstantial.

Yeah, this sums it up. It was all circumstantial, which is often enough to convict and was in this instance. I wonder what the defense will be or what new evidence was uncovered. The only somewhat plausible defense from my recollection was that there were a history of recent break-ins in the neighborhood around the time of her murder and these were committed by two really sketchy guys. Something to that effect.

[Anonymous]

So guilty.

[Anonymous]

There's a show about the case that is all about defending him. I watched a couple eps on Hulu. I stopped because I think he's guilty, but obviously there are people who defend him. I find it hard to believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess anything is possible but why, if Scott is innocent, did he dye his hair and appear to be fleeing to Mexico with $10,000 in cash?

"Scott Peterson was sporting a different hair color, a new beard, and toting $10,000 in cash and someone else's identification when he was arrested about 30 miles from the Mexican border on suspicion of killing his wife, Laci, reports say."
https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=131979&page=1

If I remember correctly, the prevailing opinion was that he was guilty. It was a very public case. I could see an innocent person running in that situation. He had had an affair, which made him look guilty, even though all the evidence against him was circumstantial.

Including the fact that he told his ap his wife was dead shortly before she disappeared.