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1 Sep, 2008 9:48 pm
"Law named for slain Laci Peterson, unborn son yet to be tested": Michael Doyle of McClatchy
Newspapers has this article. According to the article, "So far, Bureau of Justice Statistics databases don't show any federal prosecutions under the law, also known as the Unborn
Victims of Violence Act."
7 Jun, 2008 1:50 am
... to have the trial go forward was made by a Stanislaus County Superior Court judge who said that Peterson's conviction and death sentence
could not speak for themselves. The plaintiffs in the wrongful death case are Laci's parents, Dennis Rocha and Sharon Rocha. The judge has
stayed his ruling ... trial in wrongful death case, MiamiHerald.com, June 6, 2008 Related Web Resource: The Laci Peterson Case, FoxNews.com Contact our Maryland attorneys or Washington DC wrongful death lawyers ...
7 Jun, 2008 1:34 am
... civil lawsuit, but the Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Roger Beauchesne ruled otherwise. Laci Peterson was pregnant when she disappeared from her home on December 24, 2002. In 2005, Scott was convicted to death for the murders of Laci and their unborn son Connor, whose bodies were found in the waters of the ... . Two made-for-TV programs and several books have already been published
about the Peterson murders. Florida Wrongful Death In Florida, the immediate family members and heirs of a ...
31 Oct, 2007 5:12 pm
... were found on consecutive days in San Francisco Bay. The underlying case came about because both Peterson and the Estate of Laci Peterson claimed to be entitled to the insurance proceeds. Principal Life Insurance Co., which had issued the
policy, ... Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Roger Beauchesne granted the estate summary judgment and ordered that it be given the money. On appeal, Peterson's attorneys - Matthew Geragos of Pasadena and Eugene Harris of Los Angeles - argued that their client' ...
13 Dec, 2004 8:25 am
Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of his wife, Laci Peterson, today. As someone who supports the death penalty, this case illustrates exactly what I believe is wrong with how the death penalty is administered
in our country ... factors, such as consideration of whether the victim was a police officer, or whether the killing was motivated by pecuniary aims. The Peterson case was not one in which the State was able to prove either one of the two factors I've identified ...
31 Oct, 2007 2:33 pm
... made by the parties below. To begin with, there was the decision made by counsel for the Estate of Laci Peterson to move for summary judgment on the fact that Peterson killed his wife based solely on the record of his
criminal conviction. But, as ... be good enough to obtain summary judgment. Then there was the decision by Matthew Geragos, who's representing Scott Peterson, to resist summary judgment solely through a declaration that says that the criminal conviction is on appeal. Sure, Scott didn't ...
3 Nov, 2004 12:43 pm
[JURIST] Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the Scott Peterson murder trial. Judge Alfred A. Delucci gave about 45 minutes worth of
instructions to jurors before sending them off to the jury room to decide whether Peterson killed his pregnant wife Laci Peterson. The five month old trial concluded as Peterson's defense
attorneys argued in their closing statements that the lack of the
16 Mar, 2005 5:10 am
[JURIST] California Judge Alfred A. Delucchi Wednesday denied Scott Peterson's request for a new trial [defense motion, PDF; prosecution
response, PDF] and upheld the jury recommendation [JURIST report] that Peterson be sentenced to death. Scott Peterson [CourtTV case backgrounder] was found guilty [JURIST report] of first-degree murder for the death of his wife, Laci Peterson, and
24 Dec, 2007 9:45 am
To mark the fifth anniversary of Laci Peterson's disappearance -- which set off a media frenzy that
continued through her husband Scott's prosecution, trial, and death sentence -- the Modesto Bee is publishing a retrospective and update. ... Among Stapley's revelations: He's never
told anyone, including his own wife, whether he believes Peterson guilty. (It's an admirable stance to take, in an age when any fool qualifies
as an instant expert to blab away on cable ...
12 Nov, 2004 8:15 am
[JURIST] Jurors in the Scott Peterson trial have returned a verdict of guilty on the charges of first-degree murder for the death of his wife,
Laci Peterson, and second-degree murder for his unborn child, Conner. Peterson stood trial on accusations that he killed his eight months pregnant wife on or about Christmas eve of 2002 and then dumped her body into the San
Francisco Bay. The highly
1 Nov, 2007 7:34 am
"Scott Peterson can't collect on murdered wife's insurance, court rules": Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. And
The Modesto Bee reports today that "Policy goes to Laci Peterson's mother; Appellate court panel sees
no reason to delay payout." You can access yesterday's ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District at this link.
2 Dec, 2007 1:49 pm
... move a large container from his home on the day Stacy disappeared. As Stacy was Drew Peterson's fourth wife, now suspicions are raised
about third wife Kathleen's ... friend of the relative." So, to clarify, there's Scott Peterson, who was sentenced to death in 2005 for the
murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son. And there' ... 30 years his junior. Neither of the pair should be mixed up with Michael
Peterson, a novelist who was convicted of bludgeoning his wife, Kathleen, to death in 2001. Here's ...
21 Dec, 2004 11:34 am
[JURIST] Los Angeles defense lawyer Mark Geragos, attorney for Scott Peterson, has launched a website to solicit donations for continuing the
investigation into their deaths, insisting that "Scott Peterson has been unjustly convicted" of the murders of his wife Laci and unborn son Connor. Peterson is currently awaiting formal sentenecing after a jury recommended the death
penalty earlier month.
13 Dec, 2004 4:51 pm
[JURIST] A jury in Redwood City, California, has recommended that Scott Peterson be sentenced to death for the murder of his wife
Laci and their unborn son Conner. Judge Alfred A. Delucchi will formally sentence Peterson on
February 25. CourtTV provides background on the Peterson case. 5:10 PM ET - NBC-10 TV in Los Angeles has a full story on the sentencing here.
Reflecting on the public
6 Nov, 2007 4:48 am
Chutzpah has been defined as pleading for mercy on the grounds that one is an orphan after killing both parents. Condemned killer Scott Peterson gives this new meaning after daring to apply for the benefits from the life insurance policy of his wife Lacie. This story is set forth in
some detail in a recent report in LA's Metropolitan News Enterprise. It merely restates the time-honored and ...
18 Jul, 2008 5:42 pm
... understandable that Laci Peterson's mother is "outraged" that Scott Peterson posted his protestation of innocence on his family's website (his own website is relatively empty). She's nonetheless misguided in suggesting that
... of them, by virtue of being incarcertated. Free speech isn't free if people like Laci Peterson's
mother can act as censors of words they find offensive. Whether or not Scott Peterson is guilty, there's no doubt that countless innocent
inmates are serving time. If they don't ...
19 Apr, 2008 11:50 am
... my own that send chills up my spine as to what was found. Take the most notorius example: The search of Scott Peterson's computer that
helped lead to his indictment and conviction for double murder because he searched for tide ... other things, as Kyllo teaches. This problem likely is also result driven: What was found
was so significant (as in the case of Peterson's computer), that it is consciously or unconsciously hard for a suppression judge to ignore. It
is like a relevancy or 404(b) objection- ...
2 Sep, 2008 1:33 pm
... have proven true. The answer: No, on both counts. Neither the great benefits nor the horrors that proponents and opponents predicted have happened, Doyle reports. The law -- also
known as Laci and Conner's Law for the Laci Peterson case
that inspired it -- is pretty much a dud so far. Doyle turns that fact into a story by examining why the law hasn't fulfilled various hopes and fears; looks at a handful of cases where
the ...
22 Oct, 2007 1:01 pm
... Record) Format: Trade Cloth Date: Jul 2007 Price $134.95 Availability: Readily Available LC Class #: KF9219 ISBN 13: 978-0-495-09548-4 The Crime Junkie's Guide to Criminal Law: from
Law and Order to Laci Peterson Author: Silver, Jim Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group,
Incorporated ISBN or UPC: 0-275-99414-7(Active Record) Format: Trade Cloth Date: Dec 2007 Price $39.95 Availability: Available for Order ISBN 13: 978- ...
8 Nov, 2007 11:53 pm
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investigations, and train their IT staff to use its products. Guidance's software was used in the Laci Peterson and BTK cases, which was a huge windfall for the company's brand name. Now, data collected by Guidance is being viewed as evidence ...
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