Wouldn't be the first time a man was convicted in the media, and the media got it wrong. Remember Richard Jewell?
A&E has run an extensive series on the murder of Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Connor, and the ensuing trial of her husband, Scott.
It's established the Scott was unfaithful, a liar, and all-around not-so-great husband. But, the appeal team featured on the show brought out a ton of information we never heard during the Nancy Grace-driven feeding frenzy that surrounded this case.
The worst confirmed evidence against Scott, for me, is the fact that he lied to his girlfriend Amber Frey about already having "lost" his wife weeks before Laci disappeared. Hence, my "unluckiest S.O.B." phrase in the title. Talk about some instant karma, if all he was really doing was cheating on his pregnant wife and lying about being single to his clueless girlfriend so he could string her along.
I'm not saying I'm convinced he's innocent. Wasn't there. Can't be any more absolutely positive than I am about O.J. Again, wasn't there, can only surmise and take my best guess.
What does seem clear is that given all the irregularities with deceitful jurors, failure to introduce relevant defense witnesses, prosecution "experts" later proven to be incompetent or applying faulty pseudo-science, suppression of evidence and possibly deliberate misinformation publicly disseminated by the Modesto police, that at the very least the guy now sitting on death row is entitled to another trial.
One thing that, as far as I know, during the trial or during the A&E show, was never brought up is the tragic number of pregnant women who have been abducted specifically because some loony wanted their baby. We had an incident here in Ohio years ago, in Cleveland. Strange to me that, while the defense apparently toyed with suggesting Satanic cults as a motive, they never brought this one up as a possibility. It's so common, horrifyingly, that you pull up columns of articles about it in a search. It even has a term: Fetal Abduction.
A&E has run an extensive series on the murder of Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Connor, and the ensuing trial of her husband, Scott.
It's established the Scott was unfaithful, a liar, and all-around not-so-great husband. But, the appeal team featured on the show brought out a ton of information we never heard during the Nancy Grace-driven feeding frenzy that surrounded this case.
The worst confirmed evidence against Scott, for me, is the fact that he lied to his girlfriend Amber Frey about already having "lost" his wife weeks before Laci disappeared. Hence, my "unluckiest S.O.B." phrase in the title. Talk about some instant karma, if all he was really doing was cheating on his pregnant wife and lying about being single to his clueless girlfriend so he could string her along.
I'm not saying I'm convinced he's innocent. Wasn't there. Can't be any more absolutely positive than I am about O.J. Again, wasn't there, can only surmise and take my best guess.
What does seem clear is that given all the irregularities with deceitful jurors, failure to introduce relevant defense witnesses, prosecution "experts" later proven to be incompetent or applying faulty pseudo-science, suppression of evidence and possibly deliberate misinformation publicly disseminated by the Modesto police, that at the very least the guy now sitting on death row is entitled to another trial.
One thing that, as far as I know, during the trial or during the A&E show, was never brought up is the tragic number of pregnant women who have been abducted specifically because some loony wanted their baby. We had an incident here in Ohio years ago, in Cleveland. Strange to me that, while the defense apparently toyed with suggesting Satanic cults as a motive, they never brought this one up as a possibility. It's so common, horrifyingly, that you pull up columns of articles about it in a search. It even has a term: Fetal Abduction.
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