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Thanks for clarifying this. I need to read up more on this case, since it's been about 12 years?! since SP was in the news.
I stand by what I stated before: Yes, SP may not have been a great husband. That in and of itself does not make him guilty of this crime.
It's actually quite disturbing that people can be convicted like this. Think about it: if you're married/living with someone and you come home to find your spouse/SO missing/dead, the authorities are automatically going to assume you did it - even if you didn't.
The Michael M. case in Texas (from the '80's) is a perfect example of this type of thing - MM was completely innocent, and there was no evidence against him whatsoever - however, since it was his wife that had died (as a result of a robbery gone bad), he was the one who was convicted - despite the fact that he was at work at the time - and despite the fact that his young son insisted it was someone else who had committed the crime. So, MM spent 25+ years in prison for something he didn't do - quite horrible & a real miscarriage of justice.
Scott Peterson was convicted on evidence of murder, not because he was a bad husband.
Scott Peterson told his girlfriend, Amber Frey, that his wife was dead when she was still alive. He told Amber Frey that it would be his first Christmas without his wife. Sure enough, Laci was murdered two days before Christmas and Scott was without his wife on Christmas.
He claimed that she went for a walk with the dog, and that he went fishing at the Bay. Her body, and that of their son, washed up at the Bay a few months later.
Scott Peterson told his girlfriend, Amber Frey, that his wife was dead when she was still alive. He told Amber Frey that it would be his first Christmas without his wife. Sure enough, Laci was murdered two days before Christmas and Scott was without his wife on Christmas.
He claimed that she went for a walk with the dog, and that he went fishing at the Bay. Her body, and that of their son, washed up at the Bay a few months later.
Exactly right All that was considered when they were investigating this. Hardly a coincidence.
Usually these "expensive lawyers" take these cases based on future money that comes in from interviews, media deals, book and movie deals and have other clients pay higher fees since they get more famous as well as getting paid for being and expert on TV due to being famous so Scott may not have paid him much.
Usually these "expensive lawyers" take these cases based on future money that comes in from interviews, media deals, book and movie deals and have other clients pay higher fees since they get more famous as well as getting paid for being and expert on TV due to being famous so Scott may not have paid him much.
Geragos was charging $$$ as a SoCal defense attorney long before the world heard of Scott Peterson.
Simply not true, Lieneke. Read the testimony. He was in fact "near the Mexican border", in a city called San Diego. Scott pulled over immediately when the police activated their lights/sirens and fully cooperated. He made no attempt to evade at all. It just didn't happen.
I don't see anything incriminating about an avid outdoorsman having camping/fishing equipment in his car. Nor can I imagine why he would trade in an innocuous-looking truck and purchase a bright red Mercedes if he had any plan to disappear.
Simply not true, Lieneke. Read the testimony. He was in fact "near the Mexican border", in a city called San Diego. Scott pulled over immediately when the police activated their lights/sirens and fully cooperated. He made no attempt to evade at all. It just didn't happen.
I don't see anything incriminating about an avid outdoorsman having camping/fishing equipment in his car. Nor can I imagine why he would trade in an innocuous-looking truck and purchase a bright red Mercedes if he had any plan to disappear.
Shortly before his arrest, he was evading police and he managed to lose them by driving like a maniac. He pulled into a golf course after losing police, but he was seen by two unmarked police cars. They went into the golf course and arrested him. He had $15k in cash, false identification, camping equipment, a shovel, a map to Amber Frey's place of work, dress clothes, more than one pair of shoes ... pretty much everything he needed to live comfortably for quite some time.
The bright red Mercedes was purchased under his mother's name. He told the seller that his name was Jackie, like a "boy named Sue".
Usually these "expensive lawyers" take these cases based on future money that comes in from interviews, media deals, book and movie deals and have other clients pay higher fees since they get more famous as well as getting paid for being and expert on TV due to being famous so Scott may not have paid him much.
Shortly before his arrest, he was evading police and he managed to lose them by driving like a maniac. He pulled into a golf course after losing police, but he was seen by two unmarked police cars. They went into the golf course and arrested him. He had $15k in cash, false identification, camping equipment, a shovel, a map to Amber Frey's place of work, dress clothes, more than one pair of shoes ... pretty much everything he needed to live comfortably for quite some time.
The bright red Mercedes was purchased under his mother's name. He told the seller that his name was Jackie, like a "boy named Sue".
Prior to the stop he was evading what he believed were the media, who had been following him endlessly. Once he realized they were police officers and they attempted to pull him over, he made no attempt to evade them and cooperated fully. The cash and ID has already been explained. The fact that he put the car in his mother's name means nothing.
But I'm trying to understand your theory. So he made sure he had some dress clothes/extra shoes and bought an old Mercedes coupe in order to go hide out in the woods of Mexico for a spell? He didn't think a few extra pair of jeans/outerwear or keeping his truck would be a good idea? A self-defense weapon? Or a passport, maybe? It's nonsensical. If Scott weren't an outdoorsman, you might have a point, but there's just nothing incriminating about the items in his vehicle, or his behavior. No indication at all that he was planning to flee.
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All that was considered when they were investigating this. Hardly a coincidence. 
