Hoosegow Scooter

Well, ol' Scott Peterson was found guilty by a jury, at long last. I didn't follow the intimate, day-to-day specifics of the trial; and tv shows like Gretel Von Cistern's show on Fox (AKA "The Scott Peterson Show") bored me to tears. How will she carry on, now that the trial is over? Ah, there are still a few discrepancies in the O.J. trial--like the fact that he's guilty-- so maybe she'll do a little harkening back, or something. Sorry for the digression. Anyway, Peterson appeared guilty as sin from day one, to me. A few of the neon warning signs of guilt:

1. He claimed that he went on a fishing trip, alone, on the day of his wife's disappearance--Christmas Eve. Who goes fishing on the day before Christmas, when he has a pregnant wife at home, alone? Bizarre.

2. He sold his wife's Jeep while she was missing, when her fate was still up in the air.

3. He spoke of his wife in the past tense, when talking to his mistress on the phone.

4. He dyed his hair and attempted flight, but was stopped by the police.

5. He repeatedly lied to various people.

6. He exhibited not one iota of emotional distress or pain. You love your wife and unborn child, yet when they vanish without a trace, you sit around with a look on your face that would chill a viper's blood. Uh-huh.

Of course, there are other suspicious factors, as well. In a nutshell, if he wasn't guilty, then he sure did a brilliant job of convincing everyone that he was.

The conviction was strange, though. First degree murder for his wife, but only second degree murder for his unborn child. Say what? The jury believed that his wife's murder was premeditated, but not his son's? How does one reach such a ridiculous conclusion? Did the jurors firmly believe that Peterson thought the baby would survive inside his mother's womb, at the bottom of the ocean? That's absurd.

So Peterson is getting what he deserves. Bully for the judicial system for putting away a bad guy, for a change. But I'd love to see what's rattling around in those jurors' heads, that led them to convict him in this fashion.