Scott Peterson's verdict is in

[the_pm]

Not that everyone on here cares or even knows who Scott Peterson is, but the accused double homocide perpetrator hears his sentence in 45 minutes. Is it just me or does Scott look an awful lot like Ben Affleck?

http://www.courttv.com/trials/peterson/111204_verdictreached_ctv.html

So, wadaya thin? Guilty? Not guilty? Didn't see this thread in time?

I'm thinking they'll come back with a guilty verdict. It's easy to decide someone's innocent - it doesn't take long, since everyone's automatically innocent until they are sentenced otherwise. Eight days of deliberation later, I'm thinking dude is going to fry.

[Christina]

GUILTY!

[RCMV]

Fry the B*****d

[Pauly]

That's sick, killing your wife and unborn child :(

[Corey Bryant]

I have to admit - I was really surprised they came in with a verdict so quickly & that it was guilty. You have to give the DA & the police a lot of credit

[the_pm]

Scott will not be executed regardless. Even if he's given the death penalty, his appeals will likely drag on for a long time - even 10-15 years isn't out of the question. Then, he waits behind a very long line of death row inmates for his turn. Right now, there are approximately 600 inmates in San Quentin waiting their turn. California executes inmates at a rate of less than one per year. He'll die in jail before his time comes - I guarantee it.

[RCMV]

Scott will not be executed regardless. Even if he's given the death penalty, his appeals will likely drag on for a long time - even 10-15 years isn't out of the question. Then, he waits behind a very long line of death row inmates for his turn. Right now, there are approximately 600 inmates in San Quentin waiting their turn. California executes inmates at a rate of less than one per year. He'll die in jail before his time comes - I guarantee it.

That just sucks My opinion, they should make him sufer as much as possible before ending his life. And the State should definately be the one to end it, not nature. The state should step up to the plate and be the judge, jury, and executioner just as he was.

[TakingHold]

I think it would be better for him to die in prison, then hes serving a sentence, and he'll more than likely die by getting the sh*t kicked out of him, which, in my opinion, is worse than an injection ...

[Corey Bryant]

Hm, well I am torn between the death penalty. But if 12 people did find him guilty & the death penalty is the verdict - he should get it. No 20 years of appeals. Look at Jeffery Dahmer - no doubt that he did it but look at what he got.

Too bad he did not do this in Texas - he might not see 2006.

[Pauly]

Too bad he did not do this in Texas - he might not see 2006.


I assume they carry some old traditions there still? I wish England was like that, they change so much hence my decision to move.

[Corey Bryant]

Yeah, remember in the early 90s, our governor was Ann Richards, someone who would get drunk on a whim. And East Texas (where I grew up) is still way behind the time.

I have gone to this site before: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ - seems a little more geared to wanting the death penalty removed, but it does have some good information

[the_pm]

Look at Jeffery Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer died when the guards at his prison "accidently" allowed the inmates to beat him to death. No loss as far as I'm concerned.

FWIW, Dahmer's house for his entire childhood is two blocks away from Amy's house (where I am right now). Amy's best high school friend had an older sister who went to senior prom with Dahmer. Apparently, he was always a little creepy...