Research the People v. Scott Peterson case from California and discuss the following: What evidence was used to obtain murder convictions? If the bodies of Laci Peterson and the fetus had not washed up from the bay, would the prosecution still have been able to charge Peterson? Would the court have let the case go to trial? Would the jury have been able to convict on the evidence without the proof of any dead body? You must use concepts and terminology from the textbook in your response. Here’s a hint for a good place to start since we did not have class: Chapter 3 – Corpus Delicti.
