Peterson Trial Cost Nearly &#36;2.5 Million
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The cost to investigate, arrest and prosecute Scott Peterson for the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, has reached nearly &#36;2.5 million so far, and state taxpayers might have to pick up the tab.
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Testimony is resuming in the penalty phase of Scott Peterson&#39;s murder trial. His half-sister yesterday told the California jury that a death sentence &quot;would kill&quot; her parents.
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Another 154 people came to the courthouse Monday for the daily drawing to see the Scott Peterson double murder trial in person. &quot;When we won the lottery to get in the courtroom, we felt like we won a million dollars,&quot; said one woman.
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Prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant case spent nearly &#36;400,000 trying to get the NBA star convicted of raping a woman at a Vail-area resort last summer, documents show.
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By Pat Rice, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Feb. 18--In the big scheme of things, I guess $45,395.96 is not a lot of money.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s mother withdrew $20,000 in cash in the days before her son was arrested and gave him thousands of dollars in exchange for his pickup truck, she told jurors in his double murder trial Monday.
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In a plea to the public to help "free the man we know is innocent," Scott Peterson's attorney is seeking donations to continue the investigation into the murders of Peterson's wife and the fetus she carried.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - After several days of  turmoil that saw two jurors dismissed from the case, the jury  reached a verdict on Friday in the double-murder trial of  California fertilizer salesman Scott Peterson.
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When Canon Inc.  was sued by a  small, money-losing U.S. technology firm two years ago, the  dispute was over a patent license that had cost the Japanese  electronics giant a one-time payment of $5.6 million.
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The start of the penalty phase of the Scott Peterson trial was delayed Tuesday by closed hearings before the court&#39;s presiding judge.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - A California jury  recommended on Monday that Scott Peterson be put to death for  murdering his wife and unborn son, capping a sensational trial  that riveted much of the country.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s defense attorney Pat Harris, center, leaves a Redwood City, Calif., courthouse Friday, Nov. 5, 2004 after an in chambers meeting with the judge about Peterson&#39;s murder trial.
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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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In 12 weeks of trial, prosecutors have presented scant hard evidence linking Scott Peterson to the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, and the couple's fetus &#151; no murder weapon, no cause of death, no bloody crime scene and no witnesses to the killing. However, the trial has taken a turn over the last two weeks as jurors heard hours of recorded telephone calls between Peterson and his former lover, Amber Frey.
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Scott Peterson's life now rests in the hands of the jurors who found him guilty of murdering his pregnant wife, and who are about to hear testimony much more laden with emotion than they did during the five-month guilt phase of his trial.
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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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(CBS/AP) Scott Peterson&#39;s defense attorneys now get their chance to state why the former fertilizer salesman should not be found guilty of murdering his wife and unborn son.