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After a week s hiatus, the Scott Peterson double murder trial was to resume in a Redwood City, Calif., courtroom Monday.Judge Alfred A. Delucchi will hold a hearing on two issues, whether television interviews Peterson did before he was arrested can be admitted as evidence, and a second change of venue reques stanley cup t.The prosecution claims Peterson contradicts himself in the interviews, and they prove he killed his wife.The case has already been moved once from Modesto, where Laci and Scott Peterson lived, to Redwood City, reports CBS News Correspondent Steve Futterman. Most observers believe a second change of venue is highly unlikely. It s possible but highly unlikely that there will be another venue change for this case, said CBSNews Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen. One move is rare enough, two is virtually unheard of. Initially, Scott Peterson s chief attorney Mark Geragos was pleased when the case was moved to Redwood City. In recent weeks, though, he s hinted he does not believe Peterson can received a fair trial here as well. Geragos says too many potential jurors in Redwood City already believe Peterson is guilty. Peterson is entitled to a fair trial, not a perfect one, and like it or not he has to contend with the fact that a lot of people have heard about the case and his alleged role in his wife s death, said Cohen.Jury selection is expected to resume once the hearing is over.Peterson, 31, is accused of killing his wife Laci stanley us and their unborn son in stanley cup December of 2002, Zqkd Two Pictures Reveal Just How Intense Farming Really Is
If you built a time machine and forced Alexander the Great army to fight Genghis Khan , who would win The answer: It not even close. A thousand years separate those two forces, and they include a few striking technological achievements. Image via Ethically Challenged. Over at Slate Quora blog, they break down the bloodshed, and it comes down to the invention of steel, better saddles, and gunpowder. Some salient quotes: In Alexander the Great time, steel was eithe stanley cup r unheard of or incredibly rare. It disputed. In Genghis Khan time, it was mass-produced by the ton to arm and armor entire armies 8230; Riding a horse without a solid saddle means all of your weight is on the animals ; back. With a solid saddle, the weight of the rider is distributed over a larger area to the horse flanks 8230; At this point in time, Chinese soldiers made use of flame throwers, shrapnel bombs, and breech-loading guns. At the height of Genghis Khan reign, he had stanley mug vanquished the northern Chinese Jin dynasty and absorbed their heavy cavalry and gunpowder armed infantry into his forces. In other words, it not even close. You have one army with steel w stanley water jug eapons, good armor and flamethrowers, and the other army fighting with flimsy weapons and basically wearing no protection. The whole thing is a fascinating read. [Slate] |
