I don't really feel strongly that the guy should fry. I don't feel strongly that he shouldn't either though. I didn't know him, and it's none of my business. I empathize with both the family of Laci Peterson and with the family of Scott Peterson. No one wins.

What do you think about the Scott Peterson trial?

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1) Did Peterson kill his wife and child?
2) Does he deserve the death penalty?

I am willing to accept that the case against Peterson was not the strongest case. It is possable that he didn't do it. All the evidence against him WAS circumstancial. However, if it looks like a fish, smells like a fish then it is most likely a fish!

I don't think the arguement is about whether he deserves the death penalty or not. It is about should he have been convicted or not. Once convicted, I don't think there is any other punishment that fits, in light of the horrific nature of the murders. Any other sentence would have devalued the those two lives.

Now saying that, I can say that only Scott Peterson and Almighty God know for sure who killed Lacey and the baby. If Scott is indeed innocent of these two murders, I pray that new evidence comes to light through the appeal process.

As for Robert Blake, well that's another arguement altogether.

I am in favor of the death penalty but I also respect the rule of law and this smelled too much like a lynch mob to me. None of the post trial interviews focused on the facts of the case; all were predicated on Petersen's lack of affect and remorse. If the jurors had at least offered some real rational and factual basis for their descision I would respect the privacy and difficulty of serving under this onus.
But after the fifth statement to the effect that he is going to burn it became somewhat sickening to hear.

Due to the nature of this somewhat irregular jury behaviour and the lack of clear evidence, I feel the judge was unduly harsh.
But your point is well taken and most accurate.

The jury's obvious zeal to avenge Lacie's and Connor's deaths was sobering to say the least.

It just goes back to the point that in an imperfect world, the right thing is often done for the wrong reasons; and the wrong thing is done for the right reasons.

The "pack the picnic basket Martha, we're goin to a hangin" attitude with which the Peterson verdict was annouced should serve as a warning to us all. The darkness which caused Scott to see murder as an acceptable altenative to a marriage and family he did not want, live with each and every one of us. "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God!"