GUILTY NC - Kathleen Peterson, 48, found dead in her Durham home, 9 Dec 2001

[tthoman]

POOK: Yes she was........

I wonder if he has molested the eldest Ratliff daughter.

 

[Toth]

Originally posted by tthoman
I wonder if he has molested the eldest Ratliff daughter.

I thought his interests lay in other directions.

 

[tthoman]

He swings both ways.....

 

[Silver Dollar]

Will the juror stay on?

http://www.wral.com/news/2533481/detail.html

Rude dolph wants him!

 

[sariebell]

VERDICT WATCH!!!!
So, we dismissed 2 more jurors yesterday??? They are dropping like flies. I didn't even get to hear about the female bank worker who mocked MP. It just gets curiouser and curiouser...

 

[tthoman]

SARIEBELL:

I didn't get to see it yesterday ........Nothing in my morning news e-mail from the News/Observer either. What did you hear?

 

[Cypros]

It is being read RIGHT NOW

 

[Cypros]

GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cypros]

The Guilty verdict is being read NOW on Court TV

 

[Cypros]

The two adopted daughters are in tears. Michael Peterson is sitting there with no emotion on his face. He knows he deserves this verdict.

 

[Jeana (DP)]

WOW!! I'm shocked!

 

[Cypros]

After the verdict was read -- guilty of 1st degree murder -- Peterson was asked if he wished to say anything. He turned around and nodded to his children and seemed to be telling them that it was "okay".

 

[Cypros]

I feel so sorry for the adopted girls -- Margaret and Martha. They have now lost THREE parents. What a horrible thing to go through. They obviously have trusted and loved this man. Poor things.

Peterson was sentenced to life in prison without opportunity for parole. How did the sentencing happen so fast??

The prosecution says that of course it will appeal.

 

[Cypros]

A thread has been started on the Trials Forum

 

[Cypros]

Jeana, are you shocked that the jury wasn't hung or because you think he didn't do it?

 

[Cypros]

Apparently word around town was that people feared there would not be a guilty verdict because they did not believe the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Obviously, the jury thought otherwise. The reporter was saying that the most compelling evidence for her was the amount of blood -- not consistent with a fall down the stairs -- the blood UP Peterson's shorts which meant he had to have been standing over her when it was splattering, and the lack of blood in her mouth which contradicts Henry Lee's theory that she was coughing up a lot of blood. I am eager to hear what the jury has to say.


I am sooooo happy to know that Lee's ridiculous theory was not accepted. This gives me hope for Scott Peterson's future trial. Geragos must be quivering in his shorts right now...:banghead:

 

[Jeana (DP)]

Originally posted by Cypros
Jeana, are you shocked that the jury wasn't hung or because you think he didn't do it?

I think he probably did do it, but there were some problems with the trial. Don't get me wrong, I think he's a first class creep, but I was surprised at the verdict!

 

[Silver Dollar]

Great! I had been praying for justice, whichever it went. I feel he is guilty of 3 murders - Kathleen, Elizabeth and George.

 

[Doyle]

from courttv.com
http://www.courttv.com/trials/novelist/guilty_ctv.html

I am really surprised he was convicted... I also felt he was guilty, but thought he would get off.

 

[Casshew]

I am glad he was found guilty... when I heard about his "last wife" who died pretty well the same way.

Also what kind a guy surfs the net to set up dates for anal sex at 150.00 an hour and then claims to have a great marriage? I wonder how long that stuff was going on?

Cass...