Prosecution Rests in Scott Peterson Murder Case
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Accused murderer Scott Peterson appeared ready to flee to Mexico when the bodies of his wife and unborn son washed out of San Francisco Bay, a police detective testified as the trial prosecution rested.
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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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The defense in the tax fraud trial of Wesley Snipes unexpectedly rested Monday.
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The prosecutor in the Scott Peterson murder trial alleged Monday the defendant&#39;s alibi quickly fell apart after his wife, Laci, disappeared.
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Two dismissed jurors and a boat-turned shrine for Laci Peterson have added this week to the circuslike atmosphere surrounding the murder trial of Scott Peterson. Deliberations were set to resume Friday after the jury took Veterans Day off. The holiday break came after two straight days of juror dismissals.
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Federal prosecutors rested their case Friday against Jose Padilla and two co-defendants charged with participating in an al-Qaida support cell.
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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.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s defense attorneys began their much-anticipated case Monday, striking out at a key prosecution theory that Laci Peterson had stopped walking for exercise weeks before she vanished.
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During the court arguments Monday in the Scott Peterson murder case, the lawyers and the judge gave some insight into what happened during the tempestuous deliberations that ended in a guilty verdict.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. There will be no cross-examination today of accused wife-killer Scott Peterson&#39;s mistress.
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The judge in the Scott Peterson murder trial on Tuesday delayed the start of the defense case for a week.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - Accused murderer Scott  Peterson appeared ready to flee to Mexico when the bodies of  his wife and unborn son washed out of San Francisco Bay, a  police detective testified as the trial prosecution rested.
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Redwood City, Calif. -- Jurors in Scott Peterson&#39;s murder trial deliberated for a third day Friday before retiring to a hotel for the weekend.
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A prosecution investigator acknowledged Thursday that wiretaps did not capture all of Scott Peterson's telephone calls in the weeks after his pregnant wife vanished.
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Scott Peterson, whose five-month murder trial fed the nation's appetite for real-life courtroom drama, was found guilty of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn child in 2002.
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The penalty phase of the Scott Peterson trial was postponed Monday following an unsuccessful attempt by the defense to change the jury or move the proceedings.
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Cheating fertilizer salesman Scott Peterson killed his pregnant wife to achieve a fantasy lifestyle, prosecutors said in closing arguments on Monday in the high-profile double-murder case.