Peterson defense begins case
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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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Jurors in Scott Peterson's double murder trial resumed deliberations Monday and viewed the boat prosecutors claim Peterson used to dispose of his wife's body.
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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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Scott Peterson's mother took the witness stand Monday to defend her son and help explain away behavior police have described as that of a guilty man.
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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. - Jurors in the Scott Peterson murder trial got an early start on their weekend when the judge delayed cross-examination of the prosecution's star witness, then sent them home because of what he described as a "potential development."   Judge Alfred A...
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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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Scott Peterson&#39;s defense attorney, Mark Geragos, was in a joking mood Monday as he began the long-awaited cross-examination of Peterson&#39;s former mistress Amber Frey.
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The jury is back at work in Redwood City, California, trying to decide whether Scott Peterson should be sentenced to death for killing his pregnant wife.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s defense attorney launched into his closing arguments Tuesday by asking jurors if they hate his client. Attorney Mark Geragos greeted jurors, then walked slowly over to Peterson.
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Jurors made a mistake when they convicted Scott Peterson of planning and carrying out the murder of his eight-months pregnant wife, witnesses testified Monday at the former fertilizer salesman&#39;s double-murder trial.
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Is Scott Peterson preparing to take the stand or was a recent jailhouse mock cross examination a ploy by Peterson&#39;s lawyers to make the public believe that their client wants to testify in his own defense?
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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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The defence in the multiple murder trial of Canadian pig farmer Robert Pickton is due to begin calling witnesses.
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Mark Geragos, Scott Peterson&#39;s attorney, may have promised jurors more than he could deliver, critics argue. ( AP/Tony Avelar, Pool).
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A judge on Monday 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 was not experiencing money problems and stood to gain more financially if his pregnant wife remained alive, a defense witness testified Tuesday at his murder trial.