Comments on: Good News for Scott Peterson

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:44:26 +0000

That was beautiful.

By: julie

julie — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:12:15 +0000

Joel: No one is going to be disbarred. I have no doubt intellectually Geragos knew he was going to lose. However, psychologically he was not prepared for it. In my opinion, that is what he meant. Years ago a supervisor of mine moved for a continuance explaining he had completed several back to back trials and was unprepared for the case now before the court. The court denied his motion. The court of appeal found that he was not ineffective and even praised him. Appellate courts look to see whether performance fell below the prevailing standards, not at comments made it court as proof of ineffective assistance of counsel.

By: Steve Bragg

Steve Bragg — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:53:29 +0000

I love the Geico commercial that has a Japanese film spoof.

Announcer: The Chicago Underground calls it “spellbinding”!
Father: My daughter, I’m not sure I can make it.
Daughter: Father, you must be strong, for I bring… GOOD NEWS?
Father: Aaah, you bring good news?
Daughter: Yes! I just save a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico.

Now THAT is high comedy.

Steve Bragg
DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS

By: Calblog

Calblog — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 22:39:06 +0000

Good News for Scott Peterson
KFI has been at the forefront in covering the Scott Peterson trial. Many at the station got quite a chuckle from XLRQ’s “report” regarding the Peterson verdict which also proves that a regular radio advertiser is apparently getting their message…

By: Joel Thomas

Joel Thomas — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:53:47 +0000

If Geragos’ claim that he didn’t prepare for the penalty phase is accurate, he should be disbarred. If he did prepare and is lying to set up an appeal, he should also be disbarred.

By: boifromtroy

boifromtroy — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:30:16 +0000

I thought the god news was that he got the death penalty…which in California means he’ll never get killed for, like, 600 years.

By: Rod Stanton

Rod Stanton — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:02:41 +0000

:?:No “P” on the end of that by

By: Rod Stanton

Rod Stanton — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:01:39 +0000

:lol:terrific!
Rod Stanton
Cerritos by Pattericop

By: Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:27:19 +0000

Actually, given California’s reluctance to actually execute anyone, coupled with its mandatory appeals process for “condemned” prisoners, one is more likely to get one’s trial overturned with a death sentence than with life-without-parole.

Certainly if one was incorrectly or unjustly convicted one would prefer the death sentence as the odds of reversal are (far?) higher than those of execution, while with “life” it’s a struggle to get an appeal heard.

By: Patterico's Pontifications

Patterico's Pontifications — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:31:55 +0000

The Good News for Scott Peterson
You wouldn’t think there’d be any, but Xrlq has it….