Elite typing 2002 trial#
Then “he quickly became the most hated man in America,” Harris said, with a billboard outside the courthouse during his trial asking if he was a “man or monster.” Peterson was uniformly described as a loving husband and expectant father, Harris said, until it became public that he was having an affair at the time of his wife’s disappearance.
He said, as he has in the past, that the defense can now prove that burglars were nearby on the day Laci disappeared - though investigators say they were ruled out as suspects. Peterson’s attorney, Pat Harris, said his client has shown no remorse because he’s not guilty. Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager, who came to fame as one of three prosecutors in Peterson’s trial, opted this time to settle for life without parole.
The California Supreme Court ruled a year ago that Peterson’s jury was improperly screened for bias against the death penalty. She also envisions what Connor would be like now, at age 18, had he lived. “And sometimes when I wake up, I cry because they’re so realistic and I know I’ll never see her again.” “I have dreams about her,” she added about her daughter, who was 27 and eight months pregnant when she was killed carrying the boy the couple planned to name Connor. You didn’t want a baby nor the responsibility of being a father. And for what reason? There was no reason other than that you just didn’t want them anymore. “Your evil, self-centered, unforgiveable selfish act ended two beautiful souls. “I still feel the grief every day, after 19 years,” she said. “Scott, 19 years ago today, you were in the midst of planning Laci’s murder,” said her mother, Sharon Rocha, addressing Peterson directly as he sat expressionless, handcuffed in a red and orange jail uniform.
(AP) - Nearly 17 years after being sentenced to die, Scott Peterson was resentenced to life without parole Wednesday during an emotional hearing in which family members of his slain pregnant wife, Laci, called him out for the Christmas Eve killing in 2002 and his apparent lack of remorse.
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