Didn't want to start a whole Scott Peterson thread..But I read in the Globe (so it must be true) http://www.globemagazine.com/. Due to his many homosexual encounters (in prison..and out) and promiscuous life style guardes are on alter that he is an AIDS risk. The thing I found interesting (that I didn't know) is that Scott was recently attacked in the yard by Richard (The Night Stalker) Ramierez with a razor which caused several lacerations in need of stitching...freaking out the guards who were covered in Scott's blood. The arguement alledgly stemmed from Scott's primadonna attitude and accusing Richard of selling him bad crank (meth) which he refused to pay for. Richard made a weapon from razor blades and took action. Noe Scott is fulling recovered and Richard is in solarity. DRAMA!
Yes, I put them both on par as for credibility. The Globe has better headlines, though. And they have Ivana Trump in an advice column.
I just got my death hag sticker!!! My days as a Laci Peterson paparazzi begin tomorrow!
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Last edited by Dan33185; 12-21-2010 at 01:36 AM.
I disagree. If Laci were black and from Compton do you really think there would have been the media frenzy and the public outrage? Stuff like this happens more than you think. Here in Modesto Ca. we just had a woman who got bound and gagged, doused with gas, thrown into a burn pile and set ablaze and left for dead. She lived long enough to walk a half mile down the road to the nearest house to get help and collapsed on the front yard. She died 3 days later. Where is the national media covearge, the public outcry? She was a latina, a lesbian. Not newsworthy I guess.
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Last edited by Dan33185; 12-21-2010 at 01:35 AM.
Well the murder I described happened in Laci's town. Modesto Ca. I know what you mean though. It sucks how some murders are viewed more tragic than others because the news media has to make money.
l think the unborn child makes a murder sadder for a lot of people, especially if the woman was close to term.
look at sharon tate's coverage.
just an observation.
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I have to agree with Jefestone. Over the years, I too have noticed that when it's a white woman - missing, murdered - all over the news.
When it's a child - white, missing, murdered - all over the news.
When it's a woman or child - black, hispanic or any other "non-white" race - barely (if any at all) news coverage.
That's just life in the big ol' USA...
There have been studies, it's called "Damsel in Distress" syndrome and you have to be female, young, white, and pretty. Wealthy doesn't hurt either. But it's not just blacks who get screwed, young white good looking men get no media attention either. It's sad, but news is entertainment now, and stories about Lacy Peterson and Natalee Holloway are what people listen to. It's not a theory, it's a fact.
I told someone very seriously when the Natalee Holloway story broke, "a pretty blonde white girl went missing in Aruba, and someone will have to pay, it's that simple." I honestly thing they ought to just frame some career criminal and throw away the key and be done with it. I think it's clear we'll never know what happened.
I thought Scott looked smug as well. And that he did it.
Amber Frey was/is an idiot and a complete numskull, blond bimbo giggly air headed cheerleader type. Gloria Allred is nothing more than a attention seeking media whore who can't stand to be out of the public eye for too long. Just like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
Lots of interesting opinions here!
I tend to lean towards Jef here with I think he probably did it, but it would not be enough for me to give him the death penalty.
But, that's our justice system and whats done is done.
In regards to the black women not getting press, I do remember one off the top of my head. Cherica Adams, who was shot in a plot to kill her, by her boyfriend, Rae Carruth, a player for the Carolina Panthers (is there a story on here about it, I have not looked) she was pregnant and he did not want the baby. He hired someone to shoot her.
She died. They delivered the baby, however he has brain damage or cerebal palsy from what I remember.
Sad story.
He's in prison now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rae_Carruth
It seems to me that the cases that get a lot of media attention have families that keep it in the news. When you see the parents doing a lot of interviews then you know that they are all over the police or whomever they need to be to keep the case alive. Not saying this is a bad thing but some victims dont have that kind of family that can spend that kind of energy while mourning.
Wasn't Laci Peterson a latina?
I agree with this. There was a case where a woman killed her kids & hid them under her sink. It was all over the news. They were black, but the woman's sister was outraged & kept calling the cops & news stations. What about the black Memphis football player who was shot - national news. If the family is giving news conferences & pleading for information or justice there will be coverage. There does also have to be a good story to interest us.
One word: GUILTY
Lacy's real father was never much in the public eye....why?
We are making big assumptions when we think he put a great deal of thought into it. He found someone else, and Laci and the baby were just something to get out of the way. For him, it was as easy as putting the trash at the curb once a week for pick-up. He was not some great criminal mastermind. He made some pretty big mistakes. Heck, he couldn't even manage to fake concern or worry to the police. He acted suspicious from the moment the police met him. Didn't he complain that the officers who were writing the missing person's report were marring the dining room table? He acted more concerned about a piece of furniture than the whereabouts of his pregnant wife.
He had a certain amount of dumb luck on his side, as well as a good measure of bad. He wasn't a rocket scientist. He came across as pretty arrogant and stupid.
Anyone else going to read the book coming out where Scott confesses the whole thing? Sounds like it may be an interesting read.
I guess he's resolved himself to death row and that there's no chance of him getting an appeal.
He automatically gets appeals. That's one reason the death penalty takes so long to carry through.
I agree Aries. I remember seeing Dennis at one of the press conferences (Scott was absent as usual) and he was so emotional, (pleading with whoever took Laci to bring her back) that he almost collapsed. I remember Sharon putting her hand out to him to comfort him. It broke my heart.
According to the author, Scott strangled Laci. I don't know if he really confessed to her or not. But I am sceptical of her motives in writing this book. From what I've read from other's who have bought the book, it seems the author is very critical of Sharon, Dennis, and Laci herself.
I just checked out a bit about it on the net here and I saw that she said that Scott strangled her in the kitchen, weighed her down and dumped her. Also that he took a gun with him to shoot anyone who got in his way.
The interesting part here is that she claims to have had a relationship with him going back to 1992 and that she was seeing him all throughout his marriage to Laci. She also was known to kiss him (like a real kiss) upon their meetings at San Quentin in 2006.
Sounds a bit fishy to me also.
Is this the lawyer lady? I heard her interviewed on the radio, she did not sound....how to say it....young.
Radio interview, scroll down to (12/19)
http://kfiam640.com/cc-common/podcas...JohnandKen.xml
Well, she sounded 65. Like Joy Behar or something.
There were parts of the book it in The Enquirer a couple of weeks ago. It mentioned how Scott spent 30 minutes reading a Playboy magazine while sitting out in his boat with Lacy's body sitting there next to him, just biding his time, waiting until the coast was clear before dumping her body in.
Joy Behar is one of the yentas on the View. Just a grating, older-lady voice. ( I am older than 45, btw, and I still sound like a kid!)
If you want to see what she looks like, here's the author (Donna Thomas) discussing another case.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRwhomx1bGs