Peterson conviction a travesty,
what the media skipped
by
Jen Shroder
12/26/04 Permission to repost granted
How is it possible that so many people saw and reported Laci’s
abductors and yet Peterson was convicted? The verdict is either insane
or rigged, (surprise, surprise, more jurors were replaced than in any
other case).
During the trial, "Aphrodite" Jones gave us blow-by-blow
descriptions of what went on in the case. Funny, I don’t recall her
describing how Tom Harshman said he had seen a pregnant woman that
looked like Laci crouching next to a chain link fence with a "scared
look on her face." A scrubby looking gray-haired man stood over her
and a second man pulled her into a beige van. Harshman is a former
police reservist who had to admit he didn’t want to get involved but
after his wife’s prompting, did. This must have been humiliating for
Harshman, but he came forward. This alone would have given me cause of
reasonable doubt, but it gets worse.
On Dec. 24, a driver of an Orowheat bread van said he saw a woman
who looked like Laci Peterson walking her dog near a bus stop about 10
a.m., where two ragged-looking men were sitting. Another man, Homer
Maldonado, also thought he saw Laci Peterson walking past a
light-colored van. Three other witnesses told police about a
light-colored van on the Petersons' street the day Laci Peterson
disappeared.
Twelve jurors decided Peterson was guilty "beyond reasonable
doubt." At least SIX PEOPLE reported corroborating accounts of
different suspects and the
police were criticized for their lack of following the leads. Were
these jurors deaf? Another pregnant woman was abducted, murdered and
her upper torso washed ashore near Laci’s. Her children are still
missing. Where is the media?
Over and over again I hear and read that it’s not so much what
Peterson said in interviews but how he said it. This is unbelievable.
Are we now to be convicted because of our personalities? Peterson was
described as "arrogant" and "without remorse." Are jurors so used to
Hollywood theatrics that they presume to understand how people react
under pressure?
I watched Peterson. I watched how the media frothed at the frenzy,
so sure of his guilt. I remember Rita Cosby excitedly disclosing her
"private" conversations with Scott and any shred of evidence she could
present to speculate on his guilt. I remember reporters assumed he was
guilty because he wasn’t talking, then used everything he said against
him when he did, and when he stopped talking, OH! He has something to
hide!
If I were innocent, I would have reacted exactly as Scott Peterson
in many ways. After months of media betrayal, I would have held my
head high with a stony face and refused to cry for reporters or even
jurors on demand. I would have looked at them in defiant silence and
laughed when I felt like it. I would have saved my tears for the
privacy of my pillow, but I wouldn’t let the media or anyone else
break me down.
And I understand the escape. Hounded by attention anywhere he went
in the nation, you can bet I would have changed my hair color in a
heartbeat. I would have left town and my first stop would have been
family (in Peterson’s case, San Diego). I would have changed my
appearance as best I could because I would be so sick and tired of
being confronted everywhere I went by people who believed the media.
Wouldn’t you?
As for his attention to Amber Frye, I understand how lying men
think because plenty of men have lied to me. Like an alcoholic, when
their life is a mess, what do they do? Reach for a drink, reach for a
distraction, reach for a blonde, even if you have to lie. I am NOT
excusing it, I’m as furious as anyone about the lies of men, even
more-so having been lied to about wives before. And I can EASILY see
one of those lying types obsessively perpetrating the fantasy and
calling constantly to escape the nightmare.
Peterson told Frye he would be able to see her more after
Christmas. How many men have told women that? Is there a relationship
in the history of mankind where a man didn’t tell us that at some
time? Especially a lying cheating womanizing married man.
If Peterson was guilty and premeditated Laci’s murder, I think he
would have avoided Frye for at least a few weeks. No man is that weak
or stupid. But if he didn’t do it, and his marriage was in trouble and
his wife left, and he still had this hot babe on the side, he probably
would have thought "whatever" and kept calling Frye, which is what he
did.
When I first began writing about this sham of a trial, I was
defending Peterson’s right to a fair one. But after researching the
subject, it’s OBVIOUS there is plenty of reasonable doubt. A man
should not be convicted because of his personality, (which is what I
keep hearing) or because he’s not trembling or he didn’t jump up and
beg for mercy from the jury. What arrogance on the part of the jury to
complain Peterson didn’t cater to them. That is NOT a great reason for
the death penalty, and yes, I believe in the death penalty, in the
event of a fair trial, which this one seriously LACKS.
How can you have at least SIX DIFFERENT WITNESSES with
corroborating testimony and claim there was "no reasonable doubt"?
It’s a good thing I’m not a vindictive person, I have a whole list of
lying cheating ex-boyfriends I could submit to this jury. With a
little Satanic evidence to motivate the media, they would immediately
hang ‘em high. The only reason I’m not writing the same stories is I’m
a religious zealot, I can't be bought, I won't be threatened and no
one can ruin my journalistic career, (though according to my emails, I
will be paying for this).
As shown in my previous columns the Satanic theory is NOT far
fetched, and the huge emphasis of the media to lynch Peterson is a
testimony in itself that there was a lot more going on behind the
scenes by politically powerful people.
Hopefully this is my last word on a very dark subject that I hate
having to address, but somebody had to say it. This trial was a
travesty of justice and our freedom.
See Related Columns:
In Lone
Defense of Scott Peterson
Research shows the satanist defense
should not have been ignored
"Innocent"
Satanists, Guilty "Cultists" and Scott Peterson
Fox News confronts
BlessedCause column listen to audio clip
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Justice4Scott.com website, for extensive details
This commentary is educational in nature and is meant to provoke
thought.
