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Dec. 14, 2004 Guilty! Jury recommendation: Death. The victim's friends and family cries in relief. The defendant's smirk is finally wiped from his face.The high-priced lawyer is properly chastised. The public's faith in the criminal justice system is somewhat restored. The media can move on to the next celebrity trial. This wasn't another O.J. Simpson fiasco; we wont have to endure Scott Peterson, the former fertilizer salesman, searching for his wife's killer from the golf links; we wont have to witness Peterson profiting from his heinous crime, by doing the talk show circuit. His fifteen minutes of fame will now stretch behind bars for the rest of his life. The death penalty was tailor made for Scott Peterson. His crime was reprehensible, his guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt, his legal representation the best that money can buy, his trial thorough, lengthy and fair. Unfortunately, in California the death penalty is very rarely enforced. It's been years since a death row inmate in the Golden State has been put to death, and it will be years before Peterson is executed. It took the jurors just 12 hours of deliberations to recommend the death penalty for the unrepentant scoundrel in the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, and ,Conner, his unborn son. As the case unfolded, in the glare of 24-hour news stations, everything about Scott Peterson made him the quintessential villain in a post modern morality play. The chronic liar, would-be playboy, fashion plate and cold blooded murderer was caught in his web of lies and deception. His alibi about a solo fishing trip on San Francisco Bay led to his downfall when the corpses of his wife and unborn son were later found in the vicinity. The jury decided that the former fertilizer salesman was full of dung, and they sentenced him to death by lethal injection. In a delicious example of poetic justice, the convicted murderer, will be able to see the watery grave of his wife and son, from San Quentin prison, which is located near the murder scene. Scott Peterson had his day in court and now he will spend the rest of his life in prison. I can only hope that the media machine that transformed a gruesome murder into a prime time soap opera, will not steamroll over the privacy of the victim's family. They have suffered enough; I hope the media will let them live in peace. ------------ About the author Robert Paul Reyes: I am a columnist for the Lynchburg Ledger. Email: rreyes4966@aol.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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