Scott Peterson gets death

[arsenal]

its a good thing they where thinking about themselves rather than the murder trial that happened to be going on :P

[Fuzzy McGillicuddy]

Originally posted by Flaming Homer@Dec 13 2004, 04:10 PM
Who cares? One thing I hate about the press is that every year they latch onto a case and make it a big drama, Murder cases go on almost everyday stuff like this just glamorizes it.

At first I thought the same thing about this case. Why the hell does one murder case get more attention that who-knows-how-many other spouse killings that occur in the U.S. every year?

But it's a compelling human interest story. Peterson had everything that many people dream about ... nice middle class life, a beautiful wife. At least that's the public perception. He could have left his wife if he didn't want to stick around or was afraid that becoming a father would cramp his style. Thousands of men walk away from this kind of responsibility every year. But instead, Peterson whacked the woman who probably adored him. He is nothing more than a murdering, philandering ******.

That's why this case was headline stuff.

[moon]

Originally posted by Fuzzy McGillicuddy@Dec 14 2004, 10:48 PM


He could have left his wife if he didn't want to stick around or was afraid that becoming a father would cramp his style. Thousands of men walk away from this kind of responsibility every year. But instead, Peterson whacked the woman who probably adored him. He is nothing more than a murdering, philandering ******.

That's why this case was headline stuff.

Thats what I don't understand. Why would he not just leave her for his mistress if life was so "tough." Resorting to murder makes no sense to me at all. I guess I could understand more so if leaving her would result in him losing everything or there was some religious feelings he had etc. but here it seems there was nothing preventing him from doing so.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally posted by Fuzzy McGillicuddy@Dec 14 2004, 10:48 PM

But it's a compelling human interest story. Peterson had everything that many people dream about ... nice middle class life, a beautiful wife...

That's why this case was headline stuff.

I think the beautiful wife part had a lot to do with the attention this recieved.

Regular middle-class people kill their spouse all the time and nobody ever pays much attention. The pictures of that woman smiling at the camera drew (I think) a lot more attention than they would have if she was a fat woman with bad teeth and a cigarette in her mouth.

The murderers looks had something to do with as well I think. In other words, if she was a fat woman with bad teeth and a cigarette and he was a scrawny dude with jailhouse tattoos and greasy hair this would have had no play at all.

[Cowperson]

Originally posted by Fuzzy McGillicuddy+Dec 15 2004, 05:48 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Fuzzy McGillicuddy @ Dec 15 2004, 05:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Flaming Homer@Dec 13 2004, 04:10 PM
Who cares? One thing I hate about the press is that every year they latch onto a case and make it a big drama, Murder cases go on almost everyday stuff like this just glamorizes it.

At first I thought the same thing about this case. Why the hell does one murder case get more attention that who-knows-how-many other spouse killings that occur in the U.S. every year?

But it's a compelling human interest story. Peterson had everything that many people dream about ... nice middle class life, a beautiful wife. At least that's the public perception. He could have left his wife if he didn't want to stick around or was afraid that becoming a father would cramp his style. Thousands of men walk away from this kind of responsibility every year. But instead, Peterson whacked the woman who probably adored him. He is nothing more than a murdering, philandering ******.

That's why this case was headline stuff. [/b][/quote]
People Magazine has its "Obscure Middle America Murder Of The Week" virtually guaranteed in every issue. Guaranteed.

If you remember The Shipping News, the newspaper editor in the novel says his formula for success is murder, buggery and pictures of car accidents.

You'll remember Captain Jean Luc Picard when faced wtih death by the xenophobes, said "Humans love a mystery. They can't resist trying to solve it."

And really, we do. We become fascinated with something like this. . . . yet there are 16,000 murders a year in America.

Some stick, like a developing novel but most fade into the statistics of obscurity.

Cowperson