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May 30, 2024 · Scott Peterson was convicted of the 2002 murder of his wife and unborn child. Here’s everything to know about Peterson, his denied request for a new trial and his life in prison.
- Julie Tremaine
Jan 18, 2024 · Scott Peterson, who was convicted in their deaths, has maintained his innocence and has been appealing the decision. Here is a timeline of the events surrounding the investigation.
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- Ivan Pereira
Dec 13, 1990 · The Supreme Court of Canada, per Cory, J., with Dickson, C.J.C., Wilson, L'Heureux-Dubé and Gonthier, JJ., concurring, dismissed the appeal. The court held that it was not an abuse of process for the Crown to enter a stay to protect the identity of the informant and then to reinstitute proceedings.
- December 13, 1990
- Canada (Federal)
- Supreme Court of Canada
Petitioner Scott was convicted of shoplifting merchandise valued at less than $150. The applicable Illinois statute set the maximum penalty for such an offense at a $500 fine or one year in jail, or both.
On October 11, 2014, Jennifer Laude (Tagalog pronunciation:), a Filipina trans woman, was killed by Joseph Scott Pemberton, a Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps in Olongapo, Philippines. Pemberton admitted assaulting Laude and deployed a trans panic defense in his 2015 trial.
Scott v. Illinois, 440 U.S. 367 (1979), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. In Scott, the Court decided whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments required Illinois to provide Scott with trial counsel.
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Scott v Shepherd has become known as the Famous Squib case. The court dismissed the appeal; the injury to the complainant was the direct and unlawful act of the defendant who originally threw and intended to throw the squib.
