Hello,

Is it disturbing to anyone else that Scott Peterson was convicted and sentenced to death?

In all likelihood he did savagely murder his wife and unborn child, but his conviction is still unsettling because it was based entirely on circumstantial evidence. He's been given the death penalty in a case comprised solely of circumstantial evidence. I don't see how any jury and a judge can be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of his guilt when there were really no solid incriminating facts presented to them.

Ever since O.J. was acquitted I've had grave doubts about the fairness and efficacy of our court system. In that case it was UNBELIEVABLE that he was not convicted, but in many other cases it's equally incredible that the defendants were found guilty. Every year more and more death row inmates are exonerated by DNA evidence. Many of these folks have already been in prison for decades. The appeals process in capital cases is exhaustive and yet they just keep finding more innocent people on Death Row who have been languishing there for long periods of time.

My opinion is that every US citizen should be alarmed by the conviction and the death sentence handed to Scott Peterson. I suspect that he's not innocent but our court system has become a mockery if someone can be sentenced to death solely on the basis of circumstances and conjecture.

Of course no one is here to read about my views on the subject but I still feel compelled to vent my spleen ;)

-- XXOO Tanya