Peterson Defense Tries to Explain Behavior
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The lead detective assigned to investigate Laci Peterson's disappearance backed up a key defense theory Monday that the pregnant schoolteacher had planned to walk the couple's dog the morning she vanished.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Scott Peterson&#39;s attorney is set to conclude his closing arguments later this morning. He&#39;ll try to convince the jury his client is a liar and a cheat, but not a murderer.
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And now, with Scott Peterson&#39;s life on the line, his attorney must confront some serious problems created by his previous go-for-broke strategy.
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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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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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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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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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After hours of wiretapped calls between Scott Peterson and his mistress, the former fertilizer salesman appears to become aware he is being taped, according to recordings played for jurors Tuesday at his murder trial.
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Defense attorneys for Scott Peterson have begun their counterattack, starting with a concrete expert whose testimony poked holes in a prosecution theory that Peterson
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Amber Frey was nothing more than Scott Peterson&#39;s good-time girl, and she knew it, a defense lawyer tried to show Monday during the fertilizer salesman&#39;s double-murder trial in Redwood City.
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_ Observers of the Scott Peterson murder trial say they&#39;ve noticed the tone of the case change as jurors heard hours of recorded telephone calls between Peterson and his former lover.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s defense lawyers attempted again Monday to show that police ignored pertinent details while investigating the death of the former fertilizer salesman&#39;s 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 began closing arguments Monday in the double-murder case against Scott Peterson, telling jurors why they should convict him in the deaths of his pregnant wife and the fetus she carried.
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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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Scott Peterson&#39;s defense suggested at his capital trial Tuesday that police ignored an anonymous tip that a dangerous band of convicts was holding his pregnant wife, Laci, at a remote flophouse.
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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.