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Cricket · Gucci

Scott Peterson got the death penalty!

Elle · Hermes

I just found this out too! I'm sure he knew he had it coming

-- Edited by LMonet at 18:50, 2004-12-13

Pepper · Kenneth Cole

Maybe this is unpopular - but I feel bad for him. I guess I don't believe in the death penalty, but I guess he would suffer more rotting in jail.

-- Edited by Pepper at 18:54, 2004-12-13

kenzie · Chanel

quote:
Originally posted by: Pepper
"Maybe this is unpopular - but I feel bad for him. I guess I don't believe in the death penalty, but I guess he would suffer more rotting in jail. -- Edited by Pepper at 18:54, 2004-12-13"

Don't worry, he'll still be rotting in jail for a long time before he is executed. California has so many murderers sitting on death row that it could be decades before he's executed. I'd rather have him sitting and rotting in jail, knowing that he's going to be executed eventually rather than having him sitting in jail and dying of old age. He doesn't deserve to reach old age. Burn, burn, burn.

Tati · Chanel

I just feel sorry for his mother.
other than that, he can rot!

Maddie · Coach

I guess I'm in the minority here. I'm against the death penalty in all situations, but especially ones like this. I feel like he was guilty, but I didn't think they were going to be able to convict him because it seemed that most of the evidence was compelling, but circumstantial. I'm not that uncomfortable with his conviction, but what if more evidence comes along with better technology and stuff in a few years and it turns out someone else did it and Scott is already dead? Plus, it costs way more money to put someone to death than to give them life in prison. I could go on and on about the death penalty.

halleybird · Hermes

quote:
Originally posted by: Maddie
"I guess I'm in the minority here. I'm against the death penalty in all situations, but especially ones like this. I feel like he was guilty, but I didn't think they were going to be able to convict him because it seemed that most of the evidence was compelling, but circumstantial. I'm not that uncomfortable with his conviction, but what if more evidence comes along with better technology and stuff in a few years and it turns out someone else did it and Scott is already dead? Plus, it costs way more money to put someone to death than to give them life in prison. I could go on and on about the death penalty. "

I tend to agree. I think he's a bastard, but I just don't understand the point of execution.

honey · Gucci

i believe the death penalty is a justifiable method of punishment, but in this instance i don't think it's applicable. plus even though i believe in the death penalty i fail to see how it brings closure to anyone.

doveanunu · Dooney & Bourke

I don't believe in the death penalty, but I have been watching this case very closely and was not suprised at the sentence. I normally feel bad for criminals but I don't feel bad for Scott. I think he is a Sociopath and only mimics human emotions. However, I DO feel very very bad for his family.

Tati · Chanel

quote:
Originally posted by: honey
" plus even though i believe in the death penalty i fail to see how it brings closure to anyone. "

Hopefully I never have to go through any of this, but if someone killed a family member of mine I would like to see them dead. An eye for an eye.
I would hate knowing that they are in jail alive while my family member is dead. I would no longer be able to feel, talk, smile,etc. with my loved one but the bastard that killed him is in jail eating, shitting, watching t.v and still communicating with humans. Thats just how I see it.

Prissy · Dooney & Bourke

I am sad that he had to put his family through this but he is getting what he deserves. How could someone murder their wife and their unborn baby. He is a sick sick man. He needs to burn in hell.

Maddie · Coach

quote:
Originally posted by: Tati
" Hopefully I never have to go through any of this, but if someone killed a family member of mine I would like to see them dead. An eye for an eye. I would hate knowing that they are in jail alive while my family member is dead. I would no longer be able to feel, talk, smile,etc. with my loved one but the bastard that killed him is in jail eating, shitting, watching t.v and still communicating with humans. Thats just how I see it."

I think I agree. If someone killed a family member of mine, I would want to kill them. However, that doesn't make it right and that's why the family doesn't get to choose the sentence. People who are affected by the murder are clearly not able to think about the sitation in a rational, unbiased way. I feel like the death penalty is very primal and unethical and shouldn't be invoked just for revenge.

cc · Marc Jacobs

quote:
Originally posted by: Maddie
"I guess I'm in the minority here. I'm against the death penalty in all situations, but especially ones like this. I feel like he was guilty, but I didn't think they were going to be able to convict him because it seemed that most of the evidence was compelling, but circumstantial. I'm not that uncomfortable with his conviction, but what if more evidence comes along with better technology and stuff in a few years and it turns out someone else did it and Scott is already dead? Plus, it costs way more money to put someone to death than to give them life in prison. I could go on and on about the death penalty. "

I'm of the same mind, Maddie.
The results of that Illinois study kind of scared the crap out of me.

edited to fix stupid typo.
Also one of my friend's dad's quit his job as a corporate lawyer and does pro bono work taking on the cases of death row inmates that he believes were wrongfully convicted, got an unfair trial, etc. He came to talk to us in high school and the stories that he told were very compelling. Also the attorney in charge of pro bono work in my office is a huge anti-death penalty advocate so I'm constantly being forwarded articles to file and all the stuff that I've read has pretty much brain washed me.

-- Edited by cc at 22:38, 2004-12-13

dc · Dooney & Bourke

Ditto here. I struggle a lot with the issue of the death penalty - I am against it, but I am human & struggle against vengeful instincts like anyone else (though I get very turned off when the public is rallying so for a person to fry. It really turns me off... such a mob mentality). I just think there is too much wrong with our legal system - for every guy who is later found innocent and acquitted, there was an angry mob demanding his death, and that makes me sick. And I think that death is too easy. For some people, it's a relief to die. All that said, I tend to believe SP did it, but so much of the case is circumstantial... but then again I am not surprised. Pretty dead woman and baby, cheating husband? He was definitely going to get death.

quote:
Originally posted by: cc
" I've of the same mind, Maddie. The results of that Illinois study kind of scared the crap out of me."

-- Edited by dc at 14:00, 2004-12-14

Mia · Kate Spade

I'm actually surprised he got the death penalty. I, too, think he's guilty as hell, but as others have mentioned, the evidence was all circumstantial. So, yeah, I think he did it and I was glad he got convicted but I don't think the death penalty is appropriate (although I am against the death penalty in general). I think the death sentence will actually make it easier for him to appeal, which I am very sure he will do.

I also feel sorry for his parents, especially his mom. You have to wonder if, late at night, they actually wonder whether he might have done it (publicly they say he's innocent). At the very least it was revealed in court that he's a lying, cheating sociopath and that can't make a parent proud.

Elle · Hermes

Remember - this decision is still not 'officially' final. The judge has the option of reducing the penalty, and Peterson also has the option of appealing the juries decision (if it stands). He'll also probably sit on death row for upwards of 10 years before he is executed (if that is indeed where he ends up), so there is plenty of time for him to be exonerated should any new evidence show up. I feel sorry for both Lacy's parents as well as Scott's. Lacy's family lost her brutally and tragically, and have been through hell and back, especially with the trial. Scott's family also lost a child - I can't even imagine how horrified I would feel to realize my own child is a monster.

doveanunu · Dooney & Bourke

quote:
Originally posted by: Mia
"
I also feel sorry for his parents, especially his mom. You have to wonder if, late at night, they actually wonder whether he might have done it (publicly they say he's innocent). At the very least it was revealed in court that he's a lying, cheating sociopath and that can't make a parent proud.

"

Yes!! I wonder this too! I mean, they have certainly learned alot of things about their son that they would have never believed was true...they must wonder, "if Scott could do all these things that we never thought he could do...what about murder? How well do we really know him?"

Karina · Chanel

I am very pleased with the decision.

lsubatgirl · Gucci

I have to agree that I am happy with this decision. While the evidence was circumstantial he still did so many things that just made him appear guilty as hell. I'm sure this case isn't going to die next week or this week when the judge hands down his decision. His lawyer already has set him up to appeal that his legal counsel was unfit/did a poor job so there is one appeal. The thing I like the most about all of this is that his jail cell will be overlooking/on the bay that he dumped Laci's body so he can think about it everyday whether he wants to or not.

doveanunu · Dooney & Bourke

quote:
Originally posted by: lsubatgirl
"I have to agree that I am happy with this decision. While the evidence was circumstantial he still did so many things that just made him appear guilty as hell. I'm sure this case isn't going to die next week or this week when the judge hands down his decision. His lawyer already has set him up to appeal that his legal counsel was unfit/did a poor job so there is one appeal. The thing I like the most about all of this is that his jail cell will be overlooking/on the bay that he dumped Laci's body so he can think about it everyday whether he wants to or not."

the thing is, i don't think the man feels guilt. Therefore, the thought of killing his wife will not affect him.