GUILTY!!!!

[mamahill]

First degree for Lacy. Second degree for Connor.

My heart is pounding. I have restored faith in our legal system. Praise heaven.

[steph2003]

we were thinkin' the same thing!

[StaceyKim]

thank goodness!
i was getting worried that he would go free!

[mamahill]

I'm listening/watching right with TEARS streaming down my cheeks. They don't have the sentencing in yet, do they? I'm listening live and they haven't said yet...

[steph2003]

No sentencing yet - jury still under gag order according to my live feed on CNN at work.

[mamahill]

They just said they have next week off and then they'll deliberate while sequestered the following week, but should have the setencing by Nov. 30.

And is it Lacey, Laci, or Lacy? I originally put Lacey, but have seen it written all three ways. The important thing is that he's guilty, and they found him so.

[amp]

Hallelujah! I was very worried that it wouldn't happen and I am so sure he is guilty! Just my humble opinion.

[C99]

It's Lacy.

Thank goodness they found him guilty. I'm sure this case is extremely relevant and emotional for us all.

[barbarhow]

Thank goodness. Finally a jury got it right. Scott Peterson is just one of those men that I loved to hate the minute I laid eyes on him. Unfortunately the defense will probably appeal with all of the jury problems-but at least they weren't hung.
Barbara-mom to Jack 3/27/03, a Red Sox fan
expecting #2, a Yankee fan, around 5/9/05!

[jk3]

I was convinced the jury would dole out a not guilty verdict even though I know he's guilty. I am relieved that I was incorrect. I too have renewed faith in our legal system.

Jenn
DS 6/03

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[momathome]

OMG, I can NOT watch this stuff pregnant! I sobbed hysterically as soon as the verdict was read. I hope Lacy and Connor can rest in peace now knowing that justice has been served. My prayers are with her poor family.

[houseof3boys]

I am thrilled. What a you-know-what he is. I feel elated over this verdict. Not to start something else (please no one post about this or flame me since I won't read those kinds of threads anymore) but I hope he gets the death penalty. :P

[DDowning]

Me too. Reserve your seat now for August 2024 (my prediction).

[MelissaTC]

Her name is actually spelled Laci.

[lukkykatt]

I just heard on the radio. I am hoping that this verdict will bring closure for Lacy's family. I was worried there would be a mistrial and they would have to go through another trial.

[g-mama]

Oh, praise the Lord! I knew he was guilty - KNEW IT! I cannot imagine what Laci's family is going through. They knew he did it, but to have a jury decide that their son-in-law killed their beautiful daughter, and in the way that he did it and his behavior afterwards with Amber Frey, etc., etc.....it's just so sickening.


Kristen
Paolo 11-00
Benjamin 8-03

[gisele]

YAY!

[ALLEYCAT]

DH has been coming home at lunch everyday to watch court tv. He will be thrilled to hear this.

[essnce629]

Yes, it's "Laci" and "Conner." Just how I spell my son's name. I was pregnant when she went missing and when the bodies were found. One of the reasons I named my son Conner was in remembrance of Laci's baby Conner who never got a chance at life. I also watched the trial coverage every day on Court TV for the past 5 1/2 months. It was such a relief to hear the guilty verdict.

***Latia
Conner 8/19/03
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[heidis2girls]

I'm so relieved. I was watching with my breath held and cried when the verdict was read. My heart aches for Laci, Conner and their family. I hope they find some closure with the verdict, even though it will never bring them back. I hope that Laci and Conner are at peace now.

[Andrea S]

"One of the reasons I named my son Conner was in remembrance of Laci's baby Conner who never got a chance at life"

wow that is very sweet

Andrea
mom to Andrew 8/14/02

[Rachels]

JUSTICE! I am so glad he was convicted. Among other things, I don't think it's a really great precedent if high-profile wife killers continue to get off scot free, KWIM? Makes other people pretty sure they can get away with it.

I hope Laci's family has a small measure of peace tonight.

-Rachel
Mom to Abigail Rose
5/18/02


"When you know better, you do better."
Maya Angelou

http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_sapphire_24m.gif Two years and counting!

[tina-t]

I am actually glad to hear the guilty verdict. I do have a question though, why first degree for Laci and second degree for Connor? If you kill a pregnant woman, do you not kill her unborn child/fetus anyway? Does it not make it premeditated for the death of Connor too?

[kijip]

Maybe the jury could not agree on 1st degree for the fetus?

[himom]

Me too. I was worried it was going to be another wife killer off on a technicality.

I was pregnant during her disappearance too, and Josh was due a couple of weeks before Connor. I always wondered about Laci. Would she have ever been on these boards, or others, with us? Would we have been friends with her, been excited over new pictures of Connor, traded breastfeeding advice?

I know I was on a hormone high when all this went down, but I was so upset over this and I really hoped her %$#@! husband would fry (cheating on a pregnant woman should have gotten him castration at the least!!!). Now I'm relieved to see that justice was served, but I'm still so sad that she didn't get a chance to see her baby and her parents are deprived of their grandson.

I'm going to go hug Josh.

Jodi

[himom]

Ugh. What's up with the double posts lately?

[jubilee]

I'm so relieved! It will be interesting to hear what the jury says about this. My thoughts are with Laci, Connor, and their family. :( Even though they have justice, this must be a horrible time.

[brubeck]

In the legal analysis last night they said that the jury propbably felt that Scott did not WANT to kill Conner, it was just a necessity since he wanted to kill Laci. That certainly would justify the reasoning.

[sntm]

I've thought the same things, wondering if she would have posted here or elsewhere. Who knows, maybe she did (only without her name or Conner's we would never know). I had just found out we were having a boy when she disappeared.

I'm opposed to the death penalty, but I can't say I will be entirely sorry if he gets it.
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