Scott Peterson was convicted of first degree murder against his wife, Laci Peterson, and second degree murder of his unborn son, Connor. Peterson also faces life on death row. Evidence against Peterson was little to none and the jury found him guilty due to his little emotion during the trial. This trial was unfair and Peterson was wrongly convicted. I believe Scott Peterson is innocent. This trial was not based on facts but based on emotions. “Prosecutors didn't have a murder weapon, cause of death, witness, or a definite motive” (Kristal Hawkins, pg.9). All the evidence pointed to Peterson's innocence and yet the jury decided upon his fate because of his emotions through out the trials. “They cited Peterson's apparent lack of emotion as a factor in their decision” (Hawkins, Pg.10). With lack of evidence against Peterson, the jury should not have convicted an innocent man. …show more content…
“If his intent was to dump a body, a bigger boat would have been better, a cheaper boat would have been fine, and he certainly would not have needed a fish finder or fishing seats getting in the way” (Scott's time line). Others will argue that Peterson definitely killed Laci due to a piece of her hair being found on the boat but that hair could have come from any where. The two were married and living together; Laci was reportedly curling her the very morning Scott went fishing. It could have come from anywhere in the house. That tiny piece of evidence is not enough to convict a person of
The steps in the legal system as they pertain to the drew Peterson case is first recognizing there was a murder of the soon to be ex wife of Peterson’s, Kathleen Savio. What also had to be recognized, was who had a vested interest in the murder of Kathleen Savio and motive. After the disappearance of Peterson’s fourth wife, it became clear there was a common denominator, Peterson who was the husband of both victims. Having some suspicion on whether Kathleen’s death was a murder of accidental her body was exhumed and given two additional autopsies. Once the results came back from the two autopsies that Kathleen’s death was a homicide instead of accidental death,
Scott Peterson had his preliminary hearing on April 17, 2003. Superior Court Judge Al Girolami ordered Scott Peterson to stand trial on two counts of murder. Peterson’s arraignment quickly followed. Peterson was arraigned on April 21, 2003. The Prosecution charged him with the following: Count I: On or about and between December 23, 2002 and December 24, 2002, the defendant did commit a felony, Murder, violation of Section 187 of the California Penal Code; the defendant did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously and with malice aforethought murder Laci Denise Peterson, a human being. Special Allegation charges were made in conjunction with the felony murder charge of Laci Denise Peterson. It is further alleged as to Count 1, MURDER that the defendant acted intentionally, deliberately and with premeditation. Enhancement: TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY. During the commission of the murder of Laci Denise Peterson, the defendant, with the knowledge that Laci Denise Peterson was pregnant, did inflict injury on Laci Denise Peterson resulting in the termination of her pregnancy, a violation of Section 12022.
The new evidence added to the case is footage from both a dash and body cam, showing the events leading to Keith’s death. The new video evidence will be detrimental in the Keith Scott case because it shows how police attempted to resolve the intense situation. Nick Valencia provides evidence showing that Keith was instructed to drop his weapon several times, Keith’s wife had misinformed police numerous times, and Keith was actively taking prescription medication (Nick Valencia, CNN News). The situation is very interesting because the Scott family is claiming that Keith never had a firearm on him while the police were at the scene. From the article attorney, Justin Bamberg states, “The videos don’t show anything that should of lead to
After some discussion in a lengthy verdict, the jury found the facts as I have related them above, and found further that if on these facts the defendants were guilty of the crime charged against them, then they found the defendants guilty. On the basis of this verdict, the trial judge ruled that the defendants were guilty of murdering Roger Whetmore.
Geragos kept up the arraignment has no confirmation and onlookers upheld the hypothesis that Laci Peterson was stole while Scott was away on a performance angling trip in San Francisco Bay. The guard introduced its
The jury’s decision, however, was not based on evidence, but on race. A jury is supposed to put their beliefs aside and make a decision based on the information given during the trial. Jury members must do their duty and do what is right. I tried to do what was right, but all the other members of the jury were blind. They chose to convict because of skin color rather than actual evidence from the case.
Tyler Joseph is most known for being the co-founder and frontman of the American band Twenty One Pilots (usually stylized as twenty | one | pilots or twenty øne piløts). He was born in Columbus, Ohio, on December 1st, 1988. He was born to Chris and Kelly Joseph, the first of four children. He has two brothers, Zack and Jay, and a sister, Madison. He and his siblings were homeschooled for most of elementary school and middle school, before later attending a private Christian high school. Throughout his homeschooling and years in high school, basketball was always a big part of his life. His father was a school principal, and his mother a math teacher, and both coached basketball. After practicing for years at home, he went on to play point guard for Worthington Christian School's boy's basketball team.
The defended it this case is Stephen Avery. Steven was on trial for a case that he didn’t not commit and he was not going down without a fight nor was he going to admit to something he did not commit. There was not much evidence collected against Stephen. Honestly the only evidence they had against him was his previous crimes which were crimes that were misdemeanors. This crime that was committed against Penny who is the victim was a serious sexual assault something that Stephen has never once committed. They did however have the victim pick Stephen out of a line up, and the victims description
Unfortunately the King had to leave the building, no i’m not talking about Elvis but the 21st Prime minister of Canada; Paul Martin. He was then replaced by the leader of the Conservative party Stephen Harper. Paul Martin was a great Prime Minister compared to Stephen Harper. Stephen Harper was boring, mean and selfish. He lost the Country billions. Martin on the other hand brought Canada to places we've never been.
Haywood Patterson was charged for rape after being on a train with Ruby Bates and Victoria Price, and he was given the death sentence. Haywood Patterson is innocent due to three concrete details Ruby Bates never testified, No evidence of rape from the doctor, and the women were prostitutes.
In November 2004, Scott Peterson was found guilty and charged with two counts of murder for the death of his 8-month pregnant wife Laci Peterson, and prenatal son Conner Peterson. It was not until one month later, the jury had recommended Scott Peterson be sentenced to death by lethal injection. Before his conviction, there was no substantial evidence submitted during the trial that linked Peterson directly to the death of his wife and their unborn child. In fact, the only physical evidence presented to the court was a single strand of Laci Peterson’s hair attached to a pair of Scott’s pliers. The evidence was deemed circumstantial on the basis that it did not deliberately constitute the murder weapon.
Gordon Parks was a photographer and humanitarian with a passion for documenting poverty, and civil rights in the second half of the 20th century. His signature style continues to be celebrated as one of the most iconic of the time.
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, which are needed in our daily lives. Science is used from elementary to college and other places around the world. Technology has continuous advantages that happen 24/ 7. Engineering is the foundation of bridges, buildings, and roadways. Then mathematics is necessary in various careers but also in everyday live. STEM careers the break the traditional gender roles that allows women to have more opportunities. As a result there are numerous women that created impacts which changed the world for the better. One woman in STEM that mainly impacted and inspired me was Hattie Scott Peterson.
Erik Johansson was born in April 1985 outside of a small town called Götene, in the middle south of Sweden. He grew up on a farm with his parents and two younger sisters and would spent majority of his time in nature. For as long as he can remember, he liked drawing and believed probably it was because of his grandmother who was a painter, or because that's how he enjoyed expressing himself. Then, his father obtained a computer for work in the mid 80's so he also early developed an interest in computers, mostly he enjoyed escaping to other worlds through the computer games. At the age of 15, he obtained his first digital camera, a Fuji camera, and it opened a new world to him. Since he was used to the process of drawing, he felt strange to
The District Attorney failed to hand over documents to the defense that could’ve exonerated Michael Morton. The Jury was distraught over the false conviction and attributed their decision to the lack of information and evidence given to them by the prosecution. They believed that the prosecution was trustworthy and gave them true, honest facts to make their decision, which was not the case. Michael Morton’s fourteenth amendment right to a fair trial was violated. Michael Morton was released from prison and officially exonerated in 2011.