NationStates Jolt Archive

It was just announced on MSNBC and all the major network news channels... saying it's the likely verdict the judge will place in the actual official February sentencing session.

damn strait that sumbitch should burn in hell. as soon as possable,for what he did

damn strait that sumbitch should burn in hell. as soon as possable,for what he did

Considering it was all circumstancial evidence, I would've liked to see him get life in prison.

Can we try not to gloat about this though? I'd personally appreciate it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

The baby murderer/wife murderer got the death penalty!

Everyone else is gloating. Bloodthirsty bastards.

Even if I personally knew that Peterson was 100% guilty, I wouldn't want him dead. It's barbaric and useless to murder murderers...and there is always the chance of an innocent guy frying, something that REALLY gets me worked up when the pro-death crowd gets all orgasmic at the thought of a convict getting the chair.

The judge still has discretion though. Not sure how that will turn out.

Let me remind you that the only evidence they found was circumstancial, no factual evidence that found him guilty. Please, no celebrating here, or I will request a lock.

He should get death but just for killing the wife. The whole baby thing is BS.

he got convicted on circumstantial evidence and implication of killing an unborn baby (fuck the mother)

KILL THE BASTARD! :rolleyes:

Let me remind you that the only evidence they found was circumstancial, no factual evidence that found him guilty. Please, no celebrating here, or I will request a lock. :(

Let me remind you that the only evidence they found was circumstancial, no factual evidence that found him guilty. Please, no celebrating here, or I will request a lock.
almost all cases are circumstantial these days, eye witnesses are the least reliable kind of evidence. they have gotten many innocent people convicted.

im not fond of the death penalty and im not convinced that it was premeditated anyway. but the jury heard all the evidence and i didnt so i dont have a problem accepting their judgement (for now)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

The baby murderer/wife murderer got the death penalty!And no, I'm not kidding you.

He should get death but just for killing the wife. The whole baby thing is BS.
in most circumstances i would agree with you but in this case he knew full well she was pregnant and that he was killing his own child that would have been born within a month of the murders.

almost all cases are circumstantial these days, eye witnesses are the least reliable kind of evidence. they have gotten many innocent people convicted.

im not fond of the death penalty and im not convinced that it was premeditated anyway. but the jury heard all the evidence and i didnt so i dont have a problem accepting their judgement (for now)
shit the peterson people WISH they had eye witnesses, the best they got was hearsay testimony that was completely conflicting but all the jury heard was the anti-scott shit cuz he might've killed an unborn baby.

what ever happened to the guy whose wife turned up missing and was found stabbed to death then their family mattress was found in a junkyard with puncture marks and blood on it? i bet he got off scot free cuz he didnt mabye, kinda, but we're not sure killed a baby

He should get death but just for killing the wife. The whole baby thing is BS.
Aww, the murder of a child doesn't warrent punishment? Sad little person.

Aww, the murder of a child doesn't warrent punishment? Sad little person.
and the murder of the mother doesnt matter? you think these people give a shit if he murdered his wife? not something they wouldve given him the death penalty for. he was convicted on suspicion of killing an unborn baby, that was the whole basis for the damned trial and is part of why he was convicted and PROBABLY 90%+ responsible for the death penalty sentence

edit: well 75% unborn baby, 20% adultery, 5% wife

Is it merely coincidence that those who lust after killing people, convicted murderers, unsavoury foreigners, are almost all Republicans who spew out constantly the value of human life? Only God knows how many people have been executed though innocent, or with mitigating circumstances that could drive anyone to rage, or just plain ill.

If killing is wrong, then state killing is also wrong. It has no moral or ethical superiority.

or with mitigating circumstances that could drive anyone to rage, or just plain ill.


Usually, only first degree murder is punishable by death... meaning particularly heinous and usually premeditated. If someone kills "in the heat of passion" it's usually murder two, which tops out at life in most places.

As for this case, well, you reap what you sow.

shit the peterson people WISH they had eye witnesses, the best they got was hearsay testimony that was completely conflicting but all the jury heard was the anti-scott shit cuz he might've killed an unborn baby.

what ever happened to the guy whose wife turned up missing and was found stabbed to death then their family mattress was found in a junkyard with puncture marks and blood on it? i bet he got off scot free cuz he didnt mabye, kinda, but we're not sure killed a baby
i didnt follow the court case closely but they had some pretty compelling evidence even after you took out the "ohmygod he had a girlfriend while his wife was pregnant" bullshit. and its not just the baby, his wife was pretty too!

that other guy is either in jail or in the mental hospital. he did end up in the hospital but i dont know if they dragged him off to jail yet or if he's still there.

Everyone else is gloating. Bloodthirsty bastards.

Even if I personally knew that Peterson was 100% guilty, I wouldn't want him dead. It's barbaric and useless to murder murderers...and there is always the chance of an innocent guy frying, something that REALLY gets me worked up when the pro-death crowd gets all orgasmic at the thought of a convict getting the chair.

The judge still has discretion though. Not sure how that will turn out.

Ted Bundy only killed what 10-12 women after he was arrested the first time. Why don’t you go tell their families that he didn’t deserve to die the first time?

circumstantial evidence is pretty weak, unless there's a lot of it that is all consistent....then it's not really much of a coincidence.....but anyway

my mom was almost obsessed with the stupid case, while i really didn't give a crap - people murder eachother all the time, this one only got lots of publicity because of the whole unborn child thing, but whatever

if he really did do it (and i don't see how he could have Not done it), then i say fry him (i think Cali goes with lethal injection anyway). not a 'publican or anything, but what possible purpose could there be in keeping him alive? screw the whole "life is valuable" nonsense, save those poor Cali people a few bucks on their already crazy taxes. sustaining scott for some 50+ odd years would be kinda pointless

/shrug

Ted Bundy only killed what 10-12 women after he was arrested the first time. Why don’t you go tell their families that he didn’t deserve to die the first time?

I think Bundy escaped before the trial began wherever he was at the time. He was eventually caught in Florida after killing some college girls. Of course, the upside of that is Florida had the electric chair at the time, which is sweet.

circumstantial evidence is pretty weak, unless there's a lot of it that is all consistent....then it's not really much of a coincidence.....but anyway

my mom was almost obsessed with the stupid case, while i really didn't give a crap - people murder eachother all the time, this one only got lots of publicity because of the whole unborn child thing, but whatever

if he really did do it (and i don't see how he could have Not done it), then i say fry him (i think Cali goes with lethal injection anyway). not a 'publican or anything, but what possible purpose could there be in keeping him alive? screw the whole "life is valuable" nonsense, save those poor Cali people a few bucks on their already crazy taxes. sustaining scott for some 50+ odd years would be kinda pointless

/shrug

In some states, the appeals process ends up costing just as much as housing someone in the general population at a level IV or Supermax for 25 years, which is pretty crazy. Not that money should matter in the debate, but people like to point that out for some reason, so I thought I'd pre-empt it. ;) I also didn't follow the trial much, but if he's guilty, the proper punishment is obvious. That's what we saw today.

Heh, the only reason this was publicized in the first place because it was a well off, attarctive, pregant, WHITE woman who was killed. Do you know how many black women get killed by thier husbands in detroit each year and no ones gives a damn? why do YOU give a damn? do you personally know eigther of them? do you even know someone who knows someone who is the cousin of on of the bailiff's friends? i doubt it. someone please explain why this case is any more important then any of the detroit pregant women who are murdered. please. i'm so confused about whats special about this case as compared to other. please explain. -.-

1. It's more important cuz the media picked it up on a slow news day.

2. It was a shaky enough case that there was a SHITLOAD of drama to whichever way it turned out.

3. Baby (already been discussed)

4. It started out as a case without a body. Those tend to make pretty outstanding cases. Don't ask me why, but they do.

Just out of curiosity--why was this national news? Why did this get any play outside of Modesto, or at the very widest, San Francisco? Weren't there issues of slightly greater importance to cover over the last year or so?

God, I fucking hate our news media.

Just out of curiosity--why was this national news? Why did this get any play outside of Modesto, or at the very widest, San Francisco? Weren't there issues of slightly greater importance to cover over the last year or so?

God, I fucking hate our news media.

Well it originally became national news because it happened during a slow news period, so the media jumped all over it and sensationalized it to the point where they couldn't drop it once more important news started occuring.

Just out of curiosity--why was this national news? Why did this get any play outside of Modesto, or at the very widest, San Francisco? Weren't there issues of slightly greater importance to cover over the last year or so?

God, I fucking hate our news media.
Because a man killed a pregneant woman. Now...if Laci killed Scott....do you really think it would've gotten out of Modesto?

BTW, I hoped Scott would get off on life. I mean, not because of everyone's issue with the death penalty, but because I tried so hard not to believe what the media said so I wouldn't be biased that I rooted for Scott.

Ehh....float on.

Well it originally became national news because it happened during a slow news period, so the media jumped all over it and sensationalized it to the point where they couldn't drop it once more important news started occuring.
That's no excuse--no news day is so slow that a single murder in a medium-sized town in California should become a national story. The media ought to be better than that, for crying out loud.

That's no excuse--no news day is so slow that a single murder in a medium-sized town in California should become a national story. The media ought to be better than that, for crying out loud.
Yeah...right...

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That's no excuse--no news day is so slow that a single murder in a medium-sized town in California should become a national story. The media ought to be better than that, for crying out loud.

I didn't say it was an excuse. I said it was a reason. I'm not the media; I have no control over what they do, as much as I may wish I did.

Let me remind you that the only evidence they found was circumstancial, no factual evidence that found him guilty. Please, no celebrating here, or I will request a lock.
In any well engineered killing there will be little actual evidence. In fact, if he hadn't acted like such a stupid bastard right after he killed her it would have been near perfect.

I'm actually surprised they decided to give the judge the option of sending him to Mr. Pricky. Guys like him usually role in under the wire.

All I can say is that Geragos is an awful lawyer.

Still he's clearly not too smart. He couldn't even make it to mexico.

shit the peterson people WISH they had eye witnesses, the best they got was hearsay testimony that was completely conflicting but all the jury heard was the anti-scott shit cuz he might've killed an unborn baby.

what ever happened to the guy whose wife turned up missing and was found stabbed to death then their family mattress was found in a junkyard with puncture marks and blood on it? i bet he got off scot free cuz he didnt mabye, kinda, but we're not sure killed a baby
Actuallu Chess he is sitting in jail and it looks like he will plead guilty.....I am not sure that Scott got the death penalty because he murdered Connor and Lacy as much as he is just a cold hearted SOB who murdered his wife and child for some torrid sexual affair....As Laci's mom said "Divorce was always an option...."I will not rejoice in the sentence but he got wha the deserved.....

No one deserves to die.

In my opinion (and I'm almost universally against the death penalty, but...) a person should not be executed in punishment for a conviction based entirely on circumstantial evidence. I'm not arguing that he didn't do it, but he shouldn't be executed on the off chance that he will be exonerated later by hard evidence.