Peterson Case Attracts Devout Followers
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - She is a regular at the Scott Peterson murder trial, rising before dawn to try to win a seat in the gallery, but Ginger Hood-Akers wants to make it clear she is not crazy and she is not a loser who needs to get a life.
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Jurors in the Scott Peterson case ask to view the boat prosecutors claim he used to dispose of his wife&#39;s body. So far, the jury has asked to see multiple pieces of evidence, including the 14-foot boat.
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Viewers interested in the Scott Peterson murder trial were given advance notice of when to turn on Court TV for the verdict Friday.
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REDWOOD CITY - The stakes are high in the Scott Peterson murder trial as closing arguments begin today. This morning, co-prosecutor Rick Distaso will argue this is a case about common sense.
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Hatred for Scott Peterson is not enough to convict the man for the murders of his pregnant wife and the fetus she carried, Peterson&#39;s defense attorney told jurors during his closing arguments Tuesday.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - After a trial that  attracted nationwide attention, California fertilizer salesman  Scott Peterson was found guilty on Friday in the Christmas Eve  2002 first-degree murder of his pregnant wife and second-degree  murder of his unborn child.
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Scott Peterson's life now rests in the hands of the jurors who found him guilty of murdering his pregnant wife, and who are about to hear testimony much more laden with emotion than they did during the five-month guilt phase of his trial.
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The penalty phase of Scott Peterson&#39;s murder trial resumed Thursday with testimony from a high school friend who described Peterson as &quot;truly sincere, very, very gracious and very, very thoughtful.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Scott Peterson&#39;s former mistress is back on the stand for cross-examination at Peterson&#39;s murder trial.
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Repelled by Scott Peterson&#39;s seeming lack of sorrow and remorse, a jury decided Monday that he deserves the death penalty for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, almost two years ago to the date.
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Scott Peterson, whose five-month murder trial fed the nation's appetite for real-life courtroom drama, was found guilty of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn child in 2002.
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Jurors made a mistake when they convicted Scott Peterson of murdering his pregnant wife, friends and family members testified Monday as they described Peterson as a loving, gentle person.
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Action on a jury&#39;s recommendation to kill Scott Peterson by lethal injection for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, could be decades away in the state that has more than 600 people on death row.
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Mark Geragos, Scott Peterson&#39;s attorney, may have promised jurors more than he could deliver, critics argue. ( AP/Tony Avelar, Pool).
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Aphrodite Jones, a crime writer, holds up a special edition of the Redwood City Daily News, after the announcement of a first degree murder verdict in the Scott Peterson case, outside of the courthouse in Redwood City, Calif.
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The fact that jurors did not immediately return a sentence recommendation for Scott Peterson bodes well for the man convicted of murdering his wife and her fetus, legal observers said.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Scott Peterson&#39;s murder trial resumed Monday with his attorneys defending the assertions of an expert who testified about when Laci Peterson&#39;s fetus died.