Scott & Peterson Case Study

Laci Peterson, a 27-year-old wife who was eight months pregnant, disappeared on December 24, 2002. When the body of the California woman and her unborn child were found four months later, her husband, Scott, was charged with two counts of murder. Detective Craig Grogan gave a sworn statement that he had probable cause to believe Mr. Peterson committed two counts of the crime of 187 Penal Code, homicide, on or about December 23 or 24 of 2002, in the county of Stanislaus. April 17, 2003 the Judge of the Superior Court in Stanislaus County, California issued a warrant for the arrest of Scott Lee Peterson. The court found that the District Attorney’s office did, in fact, have probable cause to bring Scott Peterson in. The Judge specifically

This comprises of indirect evidence which aids in detection of crime while not fully proving it. The probable cause sources are enough in some cases while for others further information or evidence needs to be provided. If the judge wants to issue search warrants, then the probable cause must highlight that the person got involved in criminal activity and the crime has taken place.

The Dred Scott case came at a very turbulent time in American history. It came

Currently, Drew Peterson is serving a 38-year sentence for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. She was found in a bathtub in 2004 when her death was initially ruled accidental. After Stacy Peterson disappeared in 2007, the family of Savio pushed for an exhumation of her body and it was determined that her death was a homicide. It was suspicious because Kathleen and Drew Peterson had

I believe the constitutional reason of the holding in the case of Dred Scott v Sanford was unfair and unconstitutional in which CJ Taney decision ruled in favor of Sanford and therefore, failed to recognize the rights of the people to be free.

In the Scott & Laci Peterson case, Scott was found guilty of the murder of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner. Laci was eight months pregnant and throughout their marriage, Scott has had numerous affairs. His most recent one was with Amber Frey. 14 days before Laci’s disappearance, Scott had told Frey that this would be his first Christmas without her. On the day of December 24, 2002, Laci was reported missing from her home.

As we have learned in the first module, in every state in the US, the law allows parents to use “reasonable” corporal punishment against their children as long as they do not inflict dangerous, long-term physical damage. We also know that each state has their own child abuse statues. After doing some research, the Texas statue states that parents have a legal right to “responsibly discipline” their child as long as the force is reasonable. However any intentional physical contact that causes bodily injury or extreme physical pain to a child can be prosecuted as a criminal act. Based on the information provided in the case study, I do not feel that the punishment was appropriate. A child, who is 4 years old, developmentally is still learning how to manage and express his emotions. Mr. Peterson reported that the incident was consistent with his parenting style and as an appropriate means of teaching his children right from wrong. Mr. Peterson’s son was arguing over a VIDEO GAME with his brother, a common behavior that most kids engage in at that age. I certainly do not feel that a severe beating with a switch constitutes reasonable discipline for this type of “normal behavior” of a 4 year old. I feel that Mr. Peterson’s behavior was demonstrating to both children that how you handle arguments is through violence.

The role of evidence is very important. It is important because in other countries, they just kill people but this is America and everything is done with evidence. For example; You could kill people but if you don’t have evidence against you, you could still live and if you are innocent but there is evidence against you could still go to jail.

I am writing to you today to request compassion and freedom for Ferrell Scott. Despite states legalizing marijuana across the nation, Mr. Scott has been incarcerated for almost 8 years for a non-violent, victimless cannabis offense. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole. A model citizen during his time in custody, Mr. Scott has never received an incident report or any other punishment for non-compliance and has used his time to better himself by graduating from a vocational rehabilitation class as well as taking pride in his work for the BOP.

There was only one piece of physical evidence which were two hairs found in a pair of pliers inside Scott Peterson’s fishing boat (Gudgell, 2004). 174 witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence from wiretapped phone calls to police interrogations on video, the prosecutors used this to depicted Peterson as a liar and a philanderer who smooth talked Amber Frey, his massage therapist girlfriend while he was publicly yearning to finding his missing wife (USAToday, 2004). The police could not established exactly when, how or where Laci Peterson died. The evidence against Scott Peterson was mostly circumstantial. This was enough to persuade the twelve jurors of six men and six women to convicted Scott Peterson of first-degree and second-degree murder (CourtTV, 2008).

Roger came in on April 5, regarding the enforcement of the agreement with McLaughlin & Moran. Roger worked in a bargaining unit position for McLaughlin & Moran for about 16 years and was credited with service for that time in the New England Teamsters Pension. In 2005, he left the bargaining unit and accepted a non-union position. In 2011, he and McLaughlin & Moran executed an agreement whereby he would receive a supplement to his Teamsters Pension in an amount equal to what he would have received if he stayed in the Teamsters. This past week on April 3, he asked Colleen Dickson about this and she said that the agreement is “null and void.” Roger is obviously concerned about this because this could impact his retirement and so he has come to

The commonsense definition of motives that I had before the course was that motives can be seen as the reasons that enable us to make certain decisions regarding our actions. To me a motive was or could be looked at as an incentive, something that could push a human in terms of having made a clear and definitive reason for undertaking or embarking on certain endeavors. Being the reason why one

At the crime scene they did not find a lot of evidence except for a pair of pliers and a dark hair strand. There were many crime scenes including the couple’s house, Scott’s shed, and the beach her body washed up on. The couple’s baby Connor, was found washed up on the shore as well as Laci’s. It was obvious Scott tortured Laci because she was found without a head, legs, or arms. She was abducted from their home and Laci died from her injuries. The evidence was poorly shown and there was only one witness and he was the couples neighbor. He said he saw a suspicious man in a van minutes before he saw a pregnant woman walking her dog.

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Scott Peterson killed his 27 year old pregnant wife. It was said that he strangled her. Then went to a marina and tied her to blocks of cement then proceeded to almost capsize his ship in process of dumping her body. Later her head, hands, and footless body and the eight month year old unborn child washed up on shore.