Peterson Faces Dual Task in Sentencing
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The jury that convicted Scott Peterson saw a man with two faces: in public, a loving father-to-be with a steady job and stable home, and in private a cheating husband who yearned for bachelorhood and was willing to kill for it. Convicted Friday of murdering his pregnant wife and her fetus, Peterson must now present a unified image on two fronts &#151; he must convince jurors that his life is worth sparing while arguing to the courts that he was wrongly convicted.
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A lawyer for accused double murderer Scott Peterson on Monday tried to portray Peterson&#39;s ex-mistress as a desperate single mom who turned police informant to punish Peterson for lying to her.
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REDWOOD CITY -- The same dozen jurors who convicted Scott Peterson of killing his wife, Laci, and the fetus she carried will now decide whether to send the killer to San Quentin State Prisonâs death row.
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As they prepare to wrap up their murder case against Scott Peterson in the death of his pregnant wife, Laci, even prosecutors have acknowledged that their case has at times left jurors scratching their heads.
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Defense lawyers are trying to persuade jurors to spare Scott Peterson's life with testimony about his childhood and how a death sentence would affect his family members' lives.
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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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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - A lawyer for accused  double murderer Scott Peterson on Monday tried to portray  Peterson's ex-mistress as a desperate single mom who turned  police informant to punish Peterson for lying to her.
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Scott Peterson's attorney wants a new jury in a different county to decide whether the former fertilizer salesman gets the death penalty or life in prison without parole for killing his wife and the fetus she carried.
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Jurors deliberating Scott Peterson&#39;s fate got a lecture from the judge Monday, apparently after finding themselves deeply divided and unable to reach a consensus on the murder charges.
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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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After three days of deliberations, a jury determined Scott Peterson should be put to death for murdering his pregnant wife.
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A day after Scott Peterson spent his 32nd birthday in a San Mateo County jail cell, his mother and father took the stand in his capital murder trial to try to
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The penalty phase in Scott Peterson&#39;s double-murder trial is scheduled to begin today in San Mateo County Superior Court, but his attorney is hoping for a delay.
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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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Scott Peterson during defense closing arguments in the penalty phase of his murder trial. (San Francisco Chronicle, pool/AP Photo).
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The judge overseeing the Scott Peterson double-murder trial removed the second juror in as many days Wednesday, an unusual move that cast uncertainty over whether the jury
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Scott Peterson is being prepared by his defense team to possibly take the witness stand in his own defense, according to a Bay Area attorney who said today he spent several hours questioning