Bella and I have been sick with a cold and as she napped yesterday I rested on the couch. I flipped on the news just in time to watch the Scott Peterson verdict. I haven't been obsessed with the situation like other people have but it is hard to get away from it, particularly if you live in California. I must admit that from the beginning I thought he was guilty. I told Brian that this story is straight out one of the those real-life forensic shows where the husband lands out being the guilty one. But I prayed it was someone else � some sick stranger that didn�t know Laci. I hoped I would be wrong and that Scott would not be capable of such an unspeakable evil.
I never reached a point of feeling sorry for Scott or trying to see his point of view. I couldn�t get passed his smug attitude that seemed to have no touch with reality. During the penalty phase I was tired of hearing all the endless witnesses with the same line..."He was such a good boy..." Perhaps that just shows you how evil and deceptive he was - he fooled all of them. Those are the scariest guys - the ones who seem so "normal".
However, when the death verdict was read, I couldn't help but shed a tear. Not because I�m against the death penalty and not because I feel sorry for Scott � I have no feelings for him and he'll probably be safer in solitary confinement than he would have been with the other guys in jail. But I did feel sorrow for his soul. I wanted to shake him and say snap out of it! I wondered if he grasped what he had done. I wondered if he�d beg for God�s mercy when no one was looking and mean it. Killing Scott isn�t going to bring Laci or Connor back but I pray that this sentence will help Scott realize and repent for what he has done.
Leave a comment