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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to hear the new, compelling evidence that made the LA Innocence Project take this case.

It isn't new evidence. Burglary in neighborhood earlier that month, burned out van, blood on mattress, possible sightings a little later than originally thought. Other than DNA testing of the blood, all already considered and discarded in light of the combined weight of Scott's motive, opportunity, lack of emotion throughout the entire process, and coincidental marina excursion that day.

Burglary in the neighborhood that same day! The jury never got to hear about it. I don’t know if he did it but it sure doesn’t sound like he got a fair trial.

Not the same day, the 26th. And the burglars were arrested and cleared of any connection to Laci's death. There is nothing new here except the reasonable request to test the DNA from the blood in the van. It's not Laci's but, sure, let them test it.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2-suspects-cleared-in-modesto-case-arrested-in-2687813.php

[Anonymous]

https://people.com/scott-peterson-former-defense-attorney-speaks-out-possible-exoneration-8547728

It was on 12/24. The burglars lied about the date and it was convenient for the police to believe them. He’s going to get released due to this. I can’t believe he’s been falsely jailed for 20 years over this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://people.com/scott-peterson-former-defense-attorney-speaks-out-possible-exoneration-8547728

It was on 12/24. The burglars lied about the date and it was convenient for the police to believe them. He’s going to get released due to this. I can’t believe he’s been falsely jailed for 20 years over this.

Yeah, no. But keep telling yourself that monster is innocent.

[Anonymous]

Some of the damning evidence against Scott. Oh they're also going to DNA test the blood from his truck and bedspread right?

"Prosecutors played phone calls Frey recorded at the behest of authorities between herself and Scott in the weeks after Laci vanished in which Scott read her love poetry to Frey, CBS reported at the time. In the calls, Peterson told Frey he didn't want children and was thinking about having a vasectomy.

Prosecutors alleged Peterson was trying to flee to Mexico when he was arrested, noting he was carrying nearly $15,000 in cash and had dyed his hair blonde and had grown a goatee, NBC News reported.

The bodies of Laci and Conner washed up four months after she disappeared, and prosecutors called to the stand a hydrologist who said their bodies would have likely been dumped in the area where Scott said he'd gone fishing that morning, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. Prosecutors also claimed Scott made cement anchors to weigh his wife's body down in the bay.

Prosecutors also said blood was found on the couple's bedspread and on the door of Scott's truck, the Chronicle reported. But Peterson, in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, said the blood on his truck was easily explainable by the manual labor he did."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the damning evidence against Scott. Oh they're also going to DNA test the blood from his truck and bedspread right?

"Prosecutors played phone calls Frey recorded at the behest of authorities between herself and Scott in the weeks after Laci vanished in which Scott read her love poetry to Frey, CBS reported at the time. In the calls, Peterson told Frey he didn't want children and was thinking about having a vasectomy.

Prosecutors alleged Peterson was trying to flee to Mexico when he was arrested, noting he was carrying nearly $15,000 in cash and had dyed his hair blonde and had grown a goatee, NBC News reported.

The bodies of Laci and Conner washed up four months after she disappeared, and prosecutors called to the stand a hydrologist who said their bodies would have likely been dumped in the area where Scott said he'd gone fishing that morning, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. Prosecutors also claimed Scott made cement anchors to weigh his wife's body down in the bay.

Prosecutors also said blood was found on the couple's bedspread and on the door of Scott's truck, the Chronicle reported. But Peterson, in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, said the blood on his truck was easily explainable by the manual labor he did."

Yeah, OK MAGA.

[Anonymous]

Maga poster, you really new a new comeback. You need to stop drinking so early in the day and try to get some real friends, if that's even possible for you.

[Anonymous]

I would just like to weigh in with some thoughts about the many comments here which discuss Scott's demeanor and behavior after his wife went missing.

It is common practice in the true crime documentaries to discuss the reactions of certain loved ones and how those reactions are 'all wrong' for a non guilty, grieving person.

That is total BS.

Never mind that there are hundreds of cases of exonerations where the 'shady behaving' defendant turned out to be, OH ACTUALLY INNOCENT!

As a former victim advocate, defense attorney and prosecutor who has been around violent crime victims for decades and seen an entire range of behaviors from ACTUALLY INNOCENT VICTIMS OF CRIME, it makes me really sick to see both lay people and police make assumptions and declarations of guilt based on the behavior of a particular person following their experience of horrific loss.

Human beings react in a whole range of ways to being victim of violent crime or losing a loved one that way. We ALL know people, often in our own families, who don't express emotion the same way we do. We might wail and cry and keen and they might sit silent and stoic and show no emotion - that doesn't make them killers, or even psychologically disturbed. Shock expresses itself in human beings in a range of ways, all of which are normative to that individual.

They said Michael Morton was a murderous bastard who butchered his wife because she didn't give him sex on his birthday and who didn't appear properly upset when he learned of her murder. He spent decades in prison, separated from his son, based on circumstantial evidence most of which was the state - cops and prosecutors - spinning a story about his character based on such ridiculous conclusions. He was ACTUALLY INNOCENT, as the evidence proved after the prosecutors fought for decades to keep it being tested.

Trauma presents in all kinds of ways. Please stop judging how much people emote in response to a traumatic event.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maga poster, you really new a new comeback. You need to stop drinking so early in the day and try to get some real friends, if that's even possible for you.

Just admit it: the real reason you hate The Innocence Project is 99.9% of the people they help are Black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know that Scott Peterson did a lot of questionable things during his wife’s Laci’s disappearance as well as after her + Conner’s death.

First he claimed he played golf, then he said he actually went fishing.
He bought a new boat and Laci & Conner’s dead bodies were discovered in the area where he had been fishing.

It was also strange how he tried to sell his house as well as Laci’s vehicle shortly afterward.
And of course, having an affair while your wife is due to have your first baby is not a good look at all.

However, these are ALL circumstantial things.
Sure Scott is a lying, cheating rat of a husband.

But to convict him beyond a reasonable doubt would be actual evidence presented linking him directly to the crime.
Not simply basing his conviction on his nefarious behavior.

He and Laci could have been in a bad stage in their marriage. Perhaps they were staying together temporarily because she was expecting. This could explain his affair and his seemingly blasé attitude after she disappeared.
And while his actions made him appear suspect to some people, they do not necessarily point to him as a cold blooded murderer.

Playing Devil’s Advocate here, while I feel Scott likely did kill his wife, I don’t know as a juror on his case if the evidence was strong enough to put him behind bars.

Why on earth would any killer go thru the trouble of abducting a heavily pregnant woman and taking her out to sea to dispose of her body? A random killer would’ve left her in the house

The answer to this is simple:

If Laci was a witness + saw something that could possibly indict others in a criminal matter then the criminals involved would have zero issues on murdering her, then dumping her body into a bag of water.

Especially if they were high on drugs. 🤯

Did the burglars have access to a boat? Concrete anchors? Why go out on the water in the freezing temps to dump a body when they could literally dump her anywhere else with less effort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maga poster, you really new a new comeback. You need to stop drinking so early in the day and try to get some real friends, if that's even possible for you.

Just admit it: the real reason you hate The Innocence Project is 99.9% of the people they help are Black.

You are clearly a bored housewife just looking to stoke a fire. GET A LIFE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know that Scott Peterson did a lot of questionable things during his wife’s Laci’s disappearance as well as after her + Conner’s death.

First he claimed he played golf, then he said he actually went fishing.
He bought a new boat and Laci & Conner’s dead bodies were discovered in the area where he had been fishing.

It was also strange how he tried to sell his house as well as Laci’s vehicle shortly afterward.
And of course, having an affair while your wife is due to have your first baby is not a good look at all.

However, these are ALL circumstantial things.
Sure Scott is a lying, cheating rat of a husband.

But to convict him beyond a reasonable doubt would be actual evidence presented linking him directly to the crime.
Not simply basing his conviction on his nefarious behavior.

He and Laci could have been in a bad stage in their marriage. Perhaps they were staying together temporarily because she was expecting. This could explain his affair and his seemingly blasé attitude after she disappeared.
And while his actions made him appear suspect to some people, they do not necessarily point to him as a cold blooded murderer.

Playing Devil’s Advocate here, while I feel Scott likely did kill his wife, I don’t know as a juror on his case if the evidence was strong enough to put him behind bars.

Why on earth would any killer go thru the trouble of abducting a heavily pregnant woman and taking her out to sea to dispose of her body? A random killer would’ve left her in the house

The answer to this is simple:

If Laci was a witness + saw something that could possibly indict others in a criminal matter then the criminals involved would have zero issues on murdering her, then dumping her body into a bag of water.

Especially if they were high on drugs. 🤯

Did the burglars have access to a boat? Concrete anchors? Why go out on the water in the freezing temps to dump a body when they could literally dump her anywhere else with less effort.

Tweakers are known for their concrete construction abilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would just like to weigh in with some thoughts about the many comments here which discuss Scott's demeanor and behavior after his wife went missing.

It is common practice in the true crime documentaries to discuss the reactions of certain loved ones and how those reactions are 'all wrong' for a non guilty, grieving person.

That is total BS.

Never mind that there are hundreds of cases of exonerations where the 'shady behaving' defendant turned out to be, OH ACTUALLY INNOCENT!

As a former victim advocate, defense attorney and prosecutor who has been around violent crime victims for decades and seen an entire range of behaviors from ACTUALLY INNOCENT VICTIMS OF CRIME, it makes me really sick to see both lay people and police make assumptions and declarations of guilt based on the behavior of a particular person following their experience of horrific loss.

Human beings react in a whole range of ways to being victim of violent crime or losing a loved one that way. We ALL know people, often in our own families, who don't express emotion the same way we do. We might wail and cry and keen and they might sit silent and stoic and show no emotion - that doesn't make them killers, or even psychologically disturbed. Shock expresses itself in human beings in a range of ways, all of which are normative to that individual.

They said Michael Morton was a murderous bastard who butchered his wife because she didn't give him sex on his birthday and who didn't appear properly upset when he learned of her murder. He spent decades in prison, separated from his son, based on circumstantial evidence most of which was the state - cops and prosecutors - spinning a story about his character based on such ridiculous conclusions. He was ACTUALLY INNOCENT, as the evidence proved after the prosecutors fought for decades to keep it being tested.

Trauma presents in all kinds of ways. Please stop judging how much people emote in response to a traumatic event.

If my wife is murdered, I am not planning to flee to Mexico. In fact, I would call that somewhat atypical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know that Scott Peterson did a lot of questionable things during his wife’s Laci’s disappearance as well as after her + Conner’s death.

First he claimed he played golf, then he said he actually went fishing.
He bought a new boat and Laci & Conner’s dead bodies were discovered in the area where he had been fishing.

It was also strange how he tried to sell his house as well as Laci’s vehicle shortly afterward.
And of course, having an affair while your wife is due to have your first baby is not a good look at all.

However, these are ALL circumstantial things.
Sure Scott is a lying, cheating rat of a husband.

But to convict him beyond a reasonable doubt would be actual evidence presented linking him directly to the crime.
Not simply basing his conviction on his nefarious behavior.

He and Laci could have been in a bad stage in their marriage. Perhaps they were staying together temporarily because she was expecting. This could explain his affair and his seemingly blasé attitude after she disappeared.
And while his actions made him appear suspect to some people, they do not necessarily point to him as a cold blooded murderer.

Playing Devil’s Advocate here, while I feel Scott likely did kill his wife, I don’t know as a juror on his case if the evidence was strong enough to put him behind bars.

Why on earth would any killer go thru the trouble of abducting a heavily pregnant woman and taking her out to sea to dispose of her body? A random killer would’ve left her in the house

The answer to this is simple:

If Laci was a witness + saw something that could possibly indict others in a criminal matter then the criminals involved would have zero issues on murdering her, then dumping her body into a bag of water.

Especially if they were high on drugs. 🤯

Did the burglars have access to a boat? Concrete anchors? Why go out on the water in the freezing temps to dump a body when they could literally dump her anywhere else with less effort.

Tweakers are known for their concrete construction abilities.

And for being in the exact same place as the husband "fishing" when the body is dumped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the damning evidence against Scott. Oh they're also going to DNA test the blood from his truck and bedspread right?

"Prosecutors played phone calls Frey recorded at the behest of authorities between herself and Scott in the weeks after Laci vanished in which Scott read her love poetry to Frey, CBS reported at the time. In the calls, Peterson told Frey he didn't want children and was thinking about having a vasectomy.

Prosecutors alleged Peterson was trying to flee to Mexico when he was arrested, noting he was carrying nearly $15,000 in cash and had dyed his hair blonde and had grown a goatee, NBC News reported.

The bodies of Laci and Conner washed up four months after she disappeared, and prosecutors called to the stand a hydrologist who said their bodies would have likely been dumped in the area where Scott said he'd gone fishing that morning, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. Prosecutors also claimed Scott made cement anchors to weigh his wife's body down in the bay.

Prosecutors also said blood was found on the couple's bedspread and on the door of Scott's truck, the Chronicle reported. But Peterson, in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, said the blood on his truck was easily explainable by the manual labor he did."

Yeah, OK MAGA.

What on earth causes you to bring MAGA into a thread about Scott P?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just like to weigh in with some thoughts about the many comments here which discuss Scott's demeanor and behavior after his wife went missing.

It is common practice in the true crime documentaries to discuss the reactions of certain loved ones and how those reactions are 'all wrong' for a non guilty, grieving person.

That is total BS.

Never mind that there are hundreds of cases of exonerations where the 'shady behaving' defendant turned out to be, OH ACTUALLY INNOCENT!

As a former victim advocate, defense attorney and prosecutor who has been around violent crime victims for decades and seen an entire range of behaviors from ACTUALLY INNOCENT VICTIMS OF CRIME, it makes me really sick to see both lay people and police make assumptions and declarations of guilt based on the behavior of a particular person following their experience of horrific loss.

Human beings react in a whole range of ways to being victim of violent crime or losing a loved one that way. We ALL know people, often in our own families, who don't express emotion the same way we do. We might wail and cry and keen and they might sit silent and stoic and show no emotion - that doesn't make them killers, or even psychologically disturbed. Shock expresses itself in human beings in a range of ways, all of which are normative to that individual.

They said Michael Morton was a murderous bastard who butchered his wife because she didn't give him sex on his birthday and who didn't appear properly upset when he learned of her murder. He spent decades in prison, separated from his son, based on circumstantial evidence most of which was the state - cops and prosecutors - spinning a story about his character based on such ridiculous conclusions. He was ACTUALLY INNOCENT, as the evidence proved after the prosecutors fought for decades to keep it being tested.

Trauma presents in all kinds of ways. Please stop judging how much people emote in response to a traumatic event.

If my wife is murdered, I am not planning to flee to Mexico. In fact, I would call that somewhat atypical.

Investigators were suspicious of Scott a long time before that happened, as you well know.

And there are, in fact, cases in which actually innocent people planned to flee or did flee from the jurisdiction because of their fear of state authorities railroading them into wrongful conviction.