Scott Peterson Case

[Brother Charlie]

Its ironic that this man is being found guilty of 1st degree murder of his wife, and 2nd degree murder of his unborn child. If that is murder, then why isnt abortion considered murder in law?

 

[epiclesis]

Because people in authority have no common sense.


sick, isn't it?

 

[Carrye]

They called it murder because of the age of the baby. If one doesn't define personhood as happening at conception, there's something to be said for this argument.

 

[Brother Charlie]

oh, that scott peterson guy was really sick wasnt he? He isnt even sorry, he's trying to make up lame excuses like he went fishing on christmas eve.

 

[Dream]

I'm not familiar with the case, but if he killed a pregnant woman then it is the Unborn Victims of Violence act that is making him guilty of killing the baby. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act is a huge step towards making abortions illegal.

 

[Benedicta00]

Its ironic that this man is being found guilty of 1st degree murder of his wife, and 2nd degree murder of his unborn child. If that is murder, then why isnt abortion considered murder in law?

Because we live in a culture of death but hopefully it won't be for much longer. The pro death camps were fighting against charging him and this is how Laci and Connor's law was passed. It was a loss for the pro death side.

What I can not believe is that there are those who will devote their life, time, passion fighting for the right to kill unborn babies, but sin darkens the intellect. Hopefully with the power of our prayers and all the saints in heaven we can overcome this culture of death.

What I further can’t understand still after all these years is how O.J. got off with the mountain of physical evidence and this guy was found guilty on circumstantial evidence, not that I don’t think he wasn’t guilty- I do but I hope this is a sign that the worse up-climb towards the death culture in the 90’s is now starting to make it’s way downhill. With all that’s happened in the last 10 years maybe people are beginning to respect life more.

 

[Benedicta00]

I'm not familiar with the case, but if he killed a pregnant woman then it is the Unborn Victims of Violence act that is making him guilty of killing the baby. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act is a huge step towards making abortions illegal.

The unborn violence act is all about this case- this case was instrumental in the law passing. The abortion people were actually protesting Scott Peterson being charged for killing his own baby. Laci was his wife and she was 8 months pregnant with his son- he killed her on x-mass eve and her and the baby’s body was found on Good Friday.
How's that for ironic. I think this type of disgust for how he was being defended for killing his baby by the abortion people is being used by God to afford us the grace we need to respect life once again. I think God will and has already brougt a lot of good out of this terrible double murder.

 

[onesheep]

http://www.courttv.com/trials/peterson/docs/complaint.html

CALIFORNIA CODES
PENAL CODE
SECTION 187-199
187. (a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a
fetus, with malice aforethought.
(b) This section shall not apply to any person who commits an act
which results in the death of a fetus if any of the following apply:

(1) The act complied with the Therapeutic Abortion Act, Chapter 11
(commencing with Section 25950) of Division 20 of the Health and
Safety Code.
(2) The act was committed by a holder of a physician's and surgeon's
certificate, as defined in the Business and Professions Code, in a
case where, to a medical certainty, the result of childbirth would be
death of the mother of the fetus or where her death from childbirth,
although not medically certain, would be substantially certain or
more likely than not.
(3) The act was solicited, aided, abetted, or consented to by the
mother of the fetus.
(c) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the
prosecution of any person under any other provision of law.

 

[onesheep]

According to the Complaint, he was charged with murder of his son.

Very ironic, especially for here in California where being conservative is not the norm.

 

[Brother Charlie]

http://www.courttv.com/trials/peter.../complaint.html

CALIFORNIA CODES
PENAL CODE
SECTION 187-199
187. (a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a
fetus, with malice aforethought.
(b) This section shall not apply to any person who commits an act
which results in the death of a fetus if any of the following apply:

(1) The act complied with the Therapeutic Abortion Act, Chapter 11
(commencing with Section 25950) of Division 20 of the Health and
Safety Code.
(2) The act was committed by a holder of a physician's and surgeon's
certificate, as defined in the Business and Professions Code, in a
case where, to a medical certainty, the result of childbirth would be
death of the mother of the fetus or where her death from childbirth,
although not medically certain, would be substantially certain or
more likely than not.
(3) The act was solicited, aided, abetted, or consented to by the
mother of the fetus.
(c) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the
prosecution of any person under any other provision of law.

Im glad Im not a lawyer

So I guess those who have a phyisician's certificate have a license to kill? Or I guess it isnt murder because the mother willed the death of the fetus? Murder is an objective action, it cannot be classified under subjective conditions.

 

[Benedicta00]

Im glad Im not a lawyer

So I guess those who have a phyisician's certificate have a license to kill? Or I guess it isnt murder because the mother willed the death of the fetus? Murder is an objective action, it cannot be classified under subjective conditions.

Pretty sad, huh? Satan's hand is most assuredly behind the culture of death, only he could think of something that illogical. Those who’s wills are not inclined towards God but their own, easily fall for this ridiculous, illogical line reasoning. Sin makes us stupid, what can I say?

 

[Benedicta00]

I tell you what really offends me, is that this dumb law in California that was used to change Peterson with the murder of his own son is still not good enough for the death people. Their protest of Peterson proved this. They don’t want any laws at all protecting unborn children. The laws protecting born children aren’t much better either. This has nothing to do with "womens right to choose" it has everything to do with legalizing murder plain and simple.

 

[Brother Charlie]

excellent point, michelle

 

[LADY DI]

I didn't get to follow the case as closely as I wanted to--with the hours I work.
But living near Modesto ( where Laci lived ) it was a case everyone was interested in. We were all happy to hear the Scott Peterson was found guilty.

In light of what you all have been talking about--I remember the Defence trying to convince the jury that the baby was born after she died and therefore he was not responsible for his death. The Defence had a very weak case and was never able to prove that he didn't do it.

The thing that bothered me was that the police had done a search of their home shortly after her disapearance and they had filmed his home and in the trash was their wedding photos---why would he just throw away their wedding photos---unless he knew something.

We had another case that just ended in a guilty conviction also with a husband murdering his wife---they never found her body---but they found her necklace buried in the backyard of a former girlfriend. Everyone knew he did it--I guess he had a very violent temper.
Then there's the case of the guy in Utah who murdered his 3mo. pregnant wife and threw her body in a land fill. The police did find her body--so you know this one will be going to trial soon.

What's wrong with society??? Why is this happening so much? People get married and then when their no longer happy they end up killing their spouse.
Don't people take their wedding vows seriously anymore? Don't they fear God? I mean, you may be able to lie to the authorities and your family and friends about killing your spouse and possibly get away with it. But you cannot lie to God--what are they thinking???

All I know is one of these days these individuals will have to stand before God.

 

[Brother Charlie]

wow...thats a lot of horrible cases. Sometimes I get really mad at my own gender, what a shameless thing to do, harm a woman

 

[wellab]

Then there's the case of the guy in Utah who murdered his 3mo. pregnant wife and threw her body in a land fill. The police did find her body--so you know this one will be going to trial soon.

You are speaking of the Lori Hacking murder case.
Here's updates to that case.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595080159,00.html


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What I found eerie is that I was pleased he was found guilty, but at the same time I was upset because he has never shown any remorse for this. I mean he dyed his hair, sold a vehicle, put the house up for sale, and now I hear he tossed out the wedding photos. My goodness, this man is crazy. And cannot say anything better about his mistress, Amber Frey.

I was shocked he got 1st degree in the murder of his wife.
I don't understand why he didn't get 1st degree in the murder of his unborn son. If he meant to kill her, he meant to kill his son, he knew she was pregnant. What an oddity.

 

[marciadietrich]

I can't think of the exact statistics - maybe someone knows this - but it is something alarmingly high at or more than 1 in 10 pregnant women are victims of some kind of violence.

About 15 years ago when we lived in Texas there was a guy who suspected his wife of having gotten pregnant by another man. So he killed the woman, cut out the baby trying to see if it looked like him and had cut up the woman and left parts in dumpsters between Killeen and Austin.

The Peterson case just brought this to a more national perspective in part because we're a bit shallow and good looking people are given more attention. Sad to say this case is not unusual or a first of its kind.

Marcia

 

[FullyMT]

May God protect the pregnant and the life within their wombs.

 

[wellab]

I can't think of the exact statistics - maybe someone knows this - but it is something alarmingly high at or more than 1 in 10 pregnant women are victims of some kind of violence.

approx 2568 murdered pregnant women in past 5 years.
Lori Hacking and Laci Peterson were but two of them.

Say a prayer for all the murdered, male and female, pregnant and not.
They are all God's children. And a special prayer for the innocent unborn murdered as well.

 

[AMDG]

What concerns me is that there will probably be an appeal right or wrong. From what I heard, the jurors were almost deadlocked UNTIL the judge started dismissing jurors and replacing them, then all of a sudden there's a guilty verdict.