Scott Peterson was convicted of first degree murder against his wife, Laci Peterson, and second degree murder of his unborn son, Connor. Peterson also faces life on death row. Evidence against Peterson was little to none and the jury found him guilty due to his little emotion during the trial. This trial was unfair and Peterson was wrongly convicted. I believe Scott Peterson is innocent.
This trial was not based on facts but based on emotions. “Prosecutors didn't have a murder weapon, cause of death, witness, or a definite motive” (Kristal Hawkins, pg.9). All the evidence pointed to Peterson's innocence and yet the jury decided upon his fate because of his emotions through out the trials. “They cited Peterson's apparent lack of emotion as a factor in their decision” (Hawkins, Pg.10). With lack of evidence against Peterson, the jury should not have convicted an innocent man.
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Prosecutors claim that Scott Peterson used his fishing boat as a way of disposing of his dead wife but the boat was too small to carry her pregnant body and himself.
“If his intent was to dump a body, a bigger boat would have been better, a cheaper boat would have been fine, and he certainly would not have needed a fish finder or fishing seats getting in the way” (Scott's time line). Others will argue that Peterson definitely killed Laci due to a piece of her hair being found on the boat but that hair could have come from any where. The two were married and living together; Laci was reportedly curling her the very morning Scott went fishing. It could have come from anywhere in the house. That tiny piece of evidence is not enough to convict a person of
murder. Evidence lined up with every story Peterson told. The night Laci went missing, Scott is able to prove his alibi with evidence showing where he was. “Scott said he cleaned up the office a bit, assembled the mortiser that he had just received, unloaded some tools from the tool box in the bed of his truck, cut his knuckle on the tool box, and got some blood on the drivers' side door of his truck... Forensic testing also showed that one drop of Scott's blood was on his car door” (Scott's time line). This is the story he told his mother in law and it was proven to be true. Every story he told lined up to true. All the evidence was in Scott's favor. Scott Peterson now sits on death row for a crime he did not commit. The term “guilty until proven innocent” does not apply to this case because Peterson was proven innocent but they marked him guilty. Circumstantial evidence should not go against the facts but in this case it did. Scott Peterson is an innocent man.
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