Articles for tag: Scott Peterson

Karla News

Book Review: Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson, by Keith Ablow

Keith Ablow is a forensic psychiatrist who consults on Court TV. He has also written several psychiatric thrillers (which I’ve never read and must check out immediately) and other nonfiction books. In this book, Ablow examines why Scott Peterson, a man with no history of violence or mental illness, would murder his wife and unborn ...

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Should Citizens Be Forced into Jury Duty?

Like paying taxes, and registering for selective service, Jury Duty is described as a civic obligation. As a citizen, it is something you must do, willingly or not. To have the freedoms of living in the United States, citizens must serve the country to judge criminal trials when called upon. US Citizens Can expect to ...

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Circumstantial Evidence in Criminal Law

Circumstantial evidence is one of two types of evidence presented during a criminal court trial. Direct evidence is any evidence that directly links the defendant to the crime committed, while circumstantial evidence indirectly helps to establish the guilt or innocence of a defendant through logic. Although both direct and circumstantial evidence are necessary throughout the ...

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Little Girls Lost – Love Letters to Murderers

I recently heard about the many letters that convicted killer Scott Peterson has received from different women. Many who offered to marry him. Charlie Manson has had proposals in the past as well. The famous Night-stalker (Richard Ramirez), who killed 13 people and raped 30 women, had lines of women outside his jail. Finally after ...