Lawyers for Peterson Rest Their Case
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Defense attorney Mark Geragos leaves the San Mateo County Courthouse in Redwood City on Tuesday, October 26, 2004, during the trial of Scott Peterson.
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Defense attorneys on Thursday challenged the lead detective assigned to investigate Laci Peterson's disappearance on his claim that husband Scott Peterson seemed uninterested in how the case was going.
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(Redwood City, California-AP) Oct. 26, 2004 - Scott Peterson&#39;s defense team could rest its case on Tuesday. Monday his lawyer called on Peterson&#39;s mother to try to explain why he had nearly $15,000 in cash on him when he was arrested.
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Fighting for their client&#39;s life, Scott Peterson&#39;s attorneys on Wednesday began creating a picture of him that is far different from the one jurors saw when they convicted him of murder last month.
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The jury in the murder trial of Scott Peterson, charged in the killings of his wife, Laci, and their unborn child, settled in Monday to hear again from the
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The jury that convicted Scott Peterson of murder reconvenes this week to decide whether he should be executed, but the decision may not be final for years given his numerous options for appeal.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s lawyer pleaded with the jury Tuesday not to convict Peterson of murder just because prosecutors made him look like a ``jerk and a liar.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The jury has reached a verdict on a sentence for convicted double-murderer Scott Peterson (search), which will be handed down at 4:30 pm EST (1:30 pm EST) Monday.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Scott Peterson's murder trial is scheduled to resume today in Redwood City, Calif., as the defense begins presenting its case.    The defense may call experts to say the fetus Laci Peterson was carrying when she disappeared on Christmas Eve 2002 was born full term...
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Prosecutors delivered a critical blow to Scott Peterson&#39;s defense Thursday, attacking the findings of an expert who testified Laci Peterson&#39;s fetus likely died on Dec. 29, 2002 at the earliest, five days after the pregnant schoolteacher vanished.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A judge today denied a defense motion to dismiss the charges against Scott Peterson, saying the evidence presented so far in his murder trial was enough to justify a conviction if the jury so decides.
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Scott Peterson and his lawyer Mark Geragos, left, are seen during defense closing arguments in the penalty phase of his murder trial at the courthouse in Redwood City, Calif.
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Scott Peterson, left, and attorney Mark Geragos listen during prosecution rebuttal to the defense closing arguments in Redwood City, Calif.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s lawyer launched his final argument Tuesday in the California murder trial that could lead to his client&#39;s execution.
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Scott Peterson's defense lawyer promised jurors during opening statements three months ago that testimony would show police found "zip, nada, nothing" in their investigation that would implicate Peterson in the killing of his pregnant wife.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - As they prepare to wrap up their murder case against Scott Peterson in the death of his pregnant wife Laci, even prosecutors have acknowledged their case has at times left jurors scratching their heads...
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Prosecutors in Scott Peterson's murder trial sought Tuesday to counter defense claims that police were so eager to charge their client with his wife's killing that they ignored other credible tips.