tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083330089081355373.post4822143262344590895..comments2023-08-24T10:28:18.911-05:00Comments on Justice for Scott Peterson: Death penalty tossed in killing of rocker's momMarlene Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776470021880189163noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083330089081355373.post-31358832755886147162012-08-21T20:48:48.502-05:002012-08-21T20:48:48.502-05:00mlc2005, What's your opinion on the witnesses ...mlc2005, What's your opinion on the witnesses Dalton interviewed, like Laci's neighbor Martha Aguilar, who went to the same doctor, and who called police to tell them she saw Laci walking the morning of December 24th, 2002?<br />What's your opinion on the cassette tape that Norco Correctional Facility Investigations chief Lt. Xavier Aponte told the defense he gave to the Modesto P.D.?<br />What of those wiretaps on Peterson's phone? Were those legal? Have the warrants ever been unsealed? <br />What about CNN reporting that Amber Frey had a motive to convict Peterson that she did not disclose to jurors: a secret book deal?<br /><br /><br />Can someone explain to me why the fact of this secret book alone doesn't completely invalidate this verdict?<br /><br /><br />Joanna Spilbor writes: "While Frey may have a right to ultimately cash in on her role in the Peterson trial, Peterson had a paramount right to have the 12 men and women who condemned him to death know about it. They didn't."<br /><br />http://articles.cnn.com/2005-01-19/justice/spilbor.frey_1_amber-frey-peterson-trial-scott-peterson/3?_s=PM:LAW<br /><br />Spilbor also states:<br /><br />"The California Penal Code prohibits non-experts in criminal cases from receiving compensation by virtue of their bearing witness. To this effect, it states, in part:<br /><br />"A person who is a witness to an event or occurrence that he or she knows, or reasonably should know, is a crime or who has personal knowledge of facts that he or she knows, or reasonably should know, may require that person to be called as a witness in a criminal prosecution shall not accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any payment or benefit in consideration for providing information obtained as a result of witnessing the event or occurrence or having personal knowledge of the facts."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Lee Kramer https://www.blogger.com/profile/12725366402959404334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083330089081355373.post-57108958395983279632012-07-29T23:39:25.131-05:002012-07-29T23:39:25.131-05:00mlc2005, why just a new sentencing hearing? The d...mlc2005, why just a new sentencing hearing? The dismissal of those 13 jurors affected the conviction just as much as the death verdict. It's well established that death penalty juries are much more prone to convict than non-death juries.Marlene Newellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776470021880189163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083330089081355373.post-5141947574535836722012-07-28T21:49:05.187-05:002012-07-28T21:49:05.187-05:00I agree that, after reading Peterson's brief, ...I agree that, after reading Peterson's brief, the strongest argument is that 13 jurors were dismissed for being against the death penalty, without an inquiry by the judge. However, I believe Scott will not get a new trial, but merely a new sentencing hearing.mlc2005https://www.blogger.com/profile/10582050802533265284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083330089081355373.post-5136713903175351662012-07-18T05:33:44.021-05:002012-07-18T05:33:44.021-05:00VERY good news indeed. I especially appreciate thi...VERY good news indeed. I especially appreciate this part of the article....The chief justice wrote separately to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the automatic reversal in such cases.<br /><br />A death sentence carried out when it is ruled (again) that an unfair trial took place in such instances is the LAST thing that should happen. However, I do hope for a complete reversal of the conviction in Scott's case, as explained in his brief.LA Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07091658241148043299noreply@blogger.com