There was a reasonable doubt

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	• A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation Catherine Crier, Cole Thompson, 2005 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 148 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great Book !!

I was a die hard Scott Peterson supporter. Thought he was railroaded, thought there was no proof, thought the prosecution didnt prove its case. Then I read this book, and oh my have I changed my mind. If I were the cops in this investigation, I would have focused on only Scott Peterson as well. The way he acted through the investigation, and all his pathological lying (even about little things he didnt need to lie about)truly points to his guilt. I am so glad I read this book and realized what a true dirt ball this guy was. And to think I felt "sorry" for him for being on death row for something he "didnt do". This was a great book. What an eye opener !!

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The investigative side

If I were on the jury and read this book before I listened to testimony in court, I would have convicted him right away. I read it right after the jury found him guilty, if you have followed this story, it's a good read. It did tell of things not reported by the media.

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Worth reading

The author does a good job of covering all the bases of this case. I would definitely say it is worth your time to read if you are interested in the Laci Peterson disappearance. While most of the book is very compelling, there are some parts that clearly remind you that she is a former lawyer (think wordy and boring). The upside of this is that she can give insight that someone not in the legal profession would lack so it is worth plodding through the slow parts.

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There was a reasonable doubt

Circumstantial evidence can be strong in many cases. But it was not strong in this case. The prosecution proved that Scott was a jerk and a liar. But that is all they proved. There were no set of circumstances showing he killed his wife. This jury would have convicted any married guy who was having an affair and had bought a lot of life insurance---because that is all the prosecution had.

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Catherine Crier has been covering the Peterson case since Laci Peterson disappeared from her home on December 24, 2002. Crier, a former judge and one of television's most popular legal analysts, was among the first to question the behavior of Laci's husband, Scott Peterson. And with her network of journalistic sources, Crier was soon able to penetrate the core of the police investigation that followed -- gaining access to a huge and revealing body of previously unseen police reports, transcripts of recorded conversations, photographic evidence, and other exclusive materials. Drawing on these resources -- and extensive interviews with key witnesses and lead investigators -- Crier has written this astonishingly detailed and intimate look at the most notorious murder case since O. J. Simpson.

Among the revelations in A Deadly Game:

Dozens of actual conversations involving Scott, Amber Frey, the police, and his family, friends, and others -- filled with Scott's chilling and incriminating behavior The most complete account ever of Scott's lies and manipulation -- in the words of those who knew him best Accounts of Scott's womanizing from his conquests themselves -- including the woman he was dating just before Laci, and two of his mistresses before Amber How Laci's mother confronted Scott with furious accusations -- while his own mother privately urged him to "deny, deny, deny" How swift police work may have saved the case in the first twenty-four hours The untold story of how Amber maintained contact with Scott without informing police, and was briefly considered a suspect How Scott bragged to two different witnesses about how to kill someone Many never-before-seen police photos, documents, and evidence files

Thoroughly engrossing yet highly disturbing, A Deadly Game is the definitive account of a murder that left an indelible stain on the American psyche.

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