Have you been dismissed as a juror yet in the Scot Petersen murder trial?

[shereads]

Not that I'm glad Lacy's dead or anything, but I'm grateful for any moment on the news that doesn't contain the words "Terror" or "White House."

Loved this: After 5 days of deliberations and jury requests to review evidence, the judge sends in a note of his own, instructing, more or less, "It's okay to change your mind if you're like, the only person in the room who doesn't agree with a verdict. Not that I'm saying you should, or anything. Just saying."

Released one juror yesterday for conducting research on her own.

Released another one today for wearing a t-shirt with Scot's picture and "I'D RATHER BE FISHING." I don't know if that's the reason, but it would be a good one.

Question to ponder: Does a hung jury go on a judge's permanent record? Why else would he send in notes advising the hold-out jurors to get with the program and vote with the majority?

 

[LadyJeanne]

I know the evidence they have is just circumstantial, but sometimes, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, you'd better watch out for duckshit.

 

[shereads]

I know the evidence they have is just circumstantial, but sometimes, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, you'd better watch out for duckshit.

You, missy, are dismissed from the jury. You know perfectly well that the duck was ruled inadmissable.

 

[shereads]

If I had to convict him on circumstantial evidence/hearsay, I'd go with this:

Right after he reported her missing, he told some friends he'd been playing golf that day.



"Um...wait a sec. It wasn't golf, because If I played golf, I wouldn't have been at the marina where I keep my boat. Not that I'm saying I was at the marina, but if somebody recognized me there, well, there's no reason I couldn't have played golf and gone out on my boat, too. Is there? Maybe I invented boat-golf. Maybe I like to practice my swing on the open ocean, to improve my balance. Is there a law that says a man can't fish and play golf at the same time? Maybe I was multi-tasking to make up for the 2-hour drive to the marina...Like I said, I was playing golf."

 

[LadyJeanne]

You, missy, are dismissed from the jury. You know perfectly well that the duck was ruled inadmissable.

Hooray! Now I can write my book about the trial and go play boat-golf.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

If my SO had gone out golf-fishing when I was nine months pregnant, he'd be the dead one.

 

[shereads]

If my SO had gone out golf-fishing when I was nine months pregnant, he'd be the dead one.

That fits with my theory. She followed him and hid under a tarpaulin until the boat was at sea. They fought. He confessed to one or more affairs, but explained that it only happened when she was pregnant, and only during the fat months. Then, because it was Christmas Eve, he apologized and offered to let her to cut bait. She tried to stab him and fell overboard, catching her foot in the anchor line and causing the anchor to fall overboard too. Scot was devastated, and stopped to play a round of golf to calm himself before going home. By the time he finished the 18th hole, he had partial amnesia. The suppressed memory surfaced weeks later as an impulse to live in Mexico as a blonde.

 

[cloudy]

That fits with my theory. She followed him and hid under a tarpaulin until the boat was at sea. They fought. He confessed to one or more affairs, but explained that it only happened when she was pregnant, and only during the fat months. Then, because it was Christmas Eve, he apologized and offered to let her to cut bait. She tried to stab him and fell overboard, catching her foot in the anchor line and causing the anchor to fall overboard too. Scot was devastated, and stopped to play a round of golf to calm himself before going home. By the time he finished the 18th hole, he had partial amnesia. The suppressed memory surfaced weeks later as an impulse to live in Mexico as a blonde.

But where does the part about being in a hotel in Belgium with a very loud dog that won't stop barking fit in?

 

[OhMissScarlett]

That fits with my theory. She followed him and hid under a tarpaulin until the boat was at sea. They fought. He confessed to one or more affairs, but explained that it only happened when she was pregnant, and only during the fat months. Then, because it was Christmas Eve, he apologized and offered to let her to cut bait. She tried to stab him and fell overboard, catching her foot in the anchor line and causing the anchor to fall overboard too. Scot was devastated, and stopped to play a round of golf to calm himself before going home. By the time he finished the 18th hole, he had partial amnesia. The suppressed memory surfaced weeks later as an impulse to live in Mexico as a blonde.

You totally have to apply for a job as an anchor on Court TV. You've got it all figured out.

Either that or you could be a defense attorney and make some Johnny Cochran style $$$.

 

[Boxlicker101]

This is a local case to me so I have been following it somewhat. Some of the local newswomen are insisting he is guilty. Personally, I think it will be an acquittal or get a hung jury with most jurors voting not-guilty. I believe he is probably guilty but I don't think it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The motive is somewhat contrived, and was actually changed in mid-trial when the first one proved to be not feasible and there is no direct evidence. Apparently the cops investigating got a lot of tips that, if checked out and shown to be correct, would have resulted in proof that he was innocent but they just concentrated on finding evidence against Scott. They have presented theories, like making ancors out of cement but none have ever been found.

 

[Guest]

im thinking that OJ and Scott could buy a house together, start some kind of cult following of women who feel suicidal.

 

[Guest]

This is a local case to me so I have been following it somewhat. Some of the local newswomen are insisting he is guilty. Personally, I think it will be an acquittal or get a hung jury with most jurors voting not-guilty. I believe he is probably guilty but I don't think it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The motive is somewhat contrived, and was actually changed in mid-trial when the first one proved to be not feasible and there is no direct evidence. Apparently the cops investigating got a lot of tips that, if checked out and shown to be correct, would have resulted in proof that he was innocent but they just concentrated on finding evidence against Scott. They have presented theories, like making ancors out of cement but none have ever been found.

So you do or don't believe he's guilty?

The prosecution, by the way, does not have to present a motive. It makes for a stronger case if they do, but it isn't necessary.

As for not finding the anchors? They still haven't found all of Laci Peterson's body, so the fact they don't have the anchors (if they actually exist) doesn't surprise me.

Peterson is such a lying weasel. I imagine it must be difficult to present a defense when the first thing you have to admit is how your defendant is such a horrible person.

 

[Guest]

If my SO had gone out golf-fishing when I was nine months pregnant, he'd be the dead one.

Yep.

When the details began to surface about this (when she was still "missing" and Peterson said he'd gone fishing?)

My husband and I looked at each other in shock. "He went fishing? On Christmas Eve? And she's nine months pregnant???"

No fucking way. We had a feeling then that this wouldn't end well for her and her family.

 

[sincerely_helene]

Question to ponder: Does a hung jury go on a judge's permanent record?

All I know is, I wouldn't mind coming before a hung jury.

(TM Helene, all rights reserved.)

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Have you been dismissed as a juror yet in the Scot Petersen murder trial?

All I know is, I wouldn't mind coming before a hung jury.

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Have you been dismissed as a juror yet in the Scot Petersen murder trial?

All I know is, I wouldn't mind coming before a hung jury.

(TM Helene, all rights reserved.)

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[OhMissScarlett]

Re: Re: Have you been dismissed as a juror yet in the Scot Petersen murder trial?

All I know is, I wouldn't mind coming before a hung jury.

(TM Helene, all rights reserved.)

I just got it, lol. I'm a little slow today.

Now there's a Lit story for ya.

 

[Boxlicker101]

So you do or don't believe he's guilty?

The prosecution, by the way, does not have to present a motive. It makes for a stronger case if they do, but it isn't necessary.

As for not finding the anchors? They still haven't found all of Laci Peterson's body, so the fact they don't have the anchors (if they actually exist) doesn't surprise me.

Peterson is such a lying weasel. I imagine it must be difficult to present a defense when the first thing you have to admit is how your defendant is such a horrible person.

I think he probably killed her but I don't believe the DA has proven it yet. Technically, you don't neeed a motive but you most likely could not get a conviction without one when you are claiming it was thoroughly planned like this one is said to be.

By the way, she was seven months PG, not nine. I also thought it strange he would be fishing on Christmas Eve. There are a lot of srange things, like using the nursery to store furniture but this doesn't really prove anything.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I've only seen a few references to the case on CNN, from time to time, but from what I saw, the thing that struck me from the very start was how it even went to trial in the first place.

So, it's more or less established that he's a lying, cheating bastard and an overall bad individual. But what the fuck does that have to do with a murder charge?

The impression I get is that people got so shocked by the circunstances of the whole case that all they want is to see some blood, no matter whose.

 

[Guest]

Yes. His "jerk" factor certainly clouds my own view of the man.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Today is a holiday so there won't be any jury deliberations but I wouldn't be surprised to hear tomorrow that the jury is hung. No, Ladies, not that way.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Yes. His "jerk" factor certainly clouds my own view of the man.

If scoring high on the Jerk Factor Test was a criminal offence there would have to be a Lethal Syringe Dispenser on every street corner.

 

[Guest]

If scoring high on the Jerk Factor Test was a criminal offence there would have to be a Lethal Syringe Dispenser on every street corner.

Isn't that part of Bush's new agenda?

 

[impressive]

If scoring high on the Jerk Factor Test was a criminal offence there would have to be a Lethal Syringe Dispenser on every street corner.

What a damned fine idea. The bigger the jerk, the faster the toxin works. Itty bitty jerks are just made impotent for a few months. Grande jerks are dead before they hit the ground.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Isn't that part of Bush's new agenda?

He'd be the first to go.