Saithiwield
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Yes, I'll be shortening this up a bit...
Monday, November 9th:
*Status Conference Hearing (@ 11am PT) – CA – Laci Denise Peterson (27) & Connor (unborn) (missing Dec. 24, 2002, Modesto; found April 13, 2003 in the San Francisco Bay) - *Scott Lee Peterson (30 @ time of crime/47) convicted & found guilty (11/12/04) & sentenced (3/16/04) to the death penalty. San Mateo County Case #SC055500A / Stanislaus County Case #1056770
He was convicted on 2004 of the 1st degree murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, & the second-degree murder of their unborn son, Conner, & in 2005, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. His case is currently on automatic appeal to the Supreme Court of California. Sits on San Quentin's death row. Calif. Supreme Court denied a new trial in the guilt phase but reversed the death penalty sentence for Stanislaus County. Also the San Mateo Superior Court will now consider whether there was jury misconduct.
Court info from 5/14/20 thru 10/21/20 reference post #33 here:
GUILTY - CA District Attorney to retry Scott Peterson's Penalty Phase.
10/23/20 Update: Stanislaus County: Peterson appeared via video from prison today for a Zoom court hearing. Judge's orders prohibited any rebroadcasting, live streaming or screen capture. D.A. WILL retry the death sentencing penalty phase in this case. New hearing set for Nov. 6. Peterson acknowledged that he would temporarily waive time in the case to consult with his new attorney, Pat Harris, which gives him time to consult with his lawyer on whether to put off the penalty phase trial until the judge decides whether or not to throw out his conviction.
The court ruled that a San Mateo Superior Court judge must decide whether prejudicial misconduct by a juror occurred when she failed to disclose that she’d been the victim of a crime and obtained a restraining order against the perpetrator. A hearing in that case is scheduled for Nov. 13. Chief Deputy District Attorney Dave Harris, appearing remotely over video conference along with District Attorney Birgit Fladager, said they wanted to wait for the outcome of that San Mateo hearing before beginning jury selection because they might have to retry the entire case.
10/26/20: Stanislaus County Assistant District Attorney Dave Harris will seek the death penalty for Scott Peterson as a judge considers throwing out his conviction for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci because of juror misconduct during a 2005 trial. 11/6/20 Update: The Stanislaus County 11/6/20 hearing was moved to San Mateo County. 11/5/20 Update: Hearing for 11/6/20 at 8:30am, in Dept. 6 of this Court has been vacated, but hearing (Case #1056770) has been scheduled for 11/6/20 at 10am in San Mateo County court.
11/6/20 Update: San Mateo: Judge Anne-Christine Massullo granted permission for Peterson to appear telephonically. Defense attorney Pat Harris present & Peterson appeared via video call. Peterson waives right to speedy trial, new date set for 2021. The hearing on Nov. 6 primarily dealt with determining which jurisdiction Peterson's upcoming legal challenges should take place in. His lawyers argued both the juror misconduct case & the penalty retrial should take place in San Mateo County, the site of the original trial. Barring any requests for more time, jury selection for the penalty phase must begin by the end of November. Peterson will be appearing virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. His defense team had previously filed a motion for San Mateo County to take over his appeal case immediately. Peterson had a hearing scheduled in Stanislaus County that has been vacated & moved to San Mateo County. Last month, Peterson also appeared remotely from San Quentin State Prison for a hearing in Stanislaus County Court. It was decided in that hearing that the penalty phase will be retried. The California Supreme Court upheld the guilty conviction in its August judgment. But in October, the same court ordered a new hearing in San Mateo Superior Court to determine if Peterson should be retried. The California Supreme Court ruled a San Mateo County judge must now decide if Juror Nice’s actions constituted misconduct and, if so, whether that misconduct was so damaging Peterson is owed a new trial. The judge’s ruling is subject to appeals, so this could be the beginning of years of court battles. If Peterson’s team gets the convictions overturned, Peterson will likely be fully retried. Status conference hearing on 11/9/20 @ 11am with Judge Massullo & status conference hearing on 1/21/21 @ 10am with visiting Judge.
In general, the death penalty is a very controversial issue that has been discussed for a very long time and there is no final decision yet, and I think there will not be any in the near future. When I was in college I was interested in the issue of the death penalty. I started writing a small essay on this topic and for inspiration and ideas. I went to writingbros.com/essay-examples/death-penalty/ for sample essays on the death penalty. As a result, a small essay on the death penalty turned into my dissertation research, which I wrote at the university. I am an absolute opponent of the death penalty. I believe that from a moral point of view, this is unacceptable in modern society.
Thank you very much for shortening and sharing this.