JUROR 24832
April 7, 2003 - FULL STORY

Juror 24832 seemed like a ringer for prosecutors picking a jury for Scott Peterson's trial.

She worked as a 911 dispatch supervisor. Her husband is a motorcycle cop. And her father
was in law enforcement for nearly three decades. But when it was all said and done Tuesday,
deputy district attorney Rick Distaso wanted Juror 24832 gone.

"Initially she said the defendant was innocent and then she basically ... she prejudged
his innocence," Distaso told Judge Alfred Delucchi in asking to dismiss the juror.

He explained that the woman had already considered and discounted certain things that
prosecutors undoubtedly will use as evidence to support their case against Scott. She had
formed opinions based on media reports, a notion that has led to the dismissal
of dozens of other would-be jurors, he said.

She was, Distaso continued, essentially doing the same thing defense attorneys
have been griping about for weeks, only a little differently.

"She said, 'I haven't heard anything that convinces me he's guilty,'"
Distaso told Delucchi. "I'm starting off in the back of the bus."

Geragos, who moments earlier had aggressively prodded the woman over her connection to cops,
disagreed.   "After countless weeks of jury selection, we have the first person whose expressed  Scott's
presumption of innocence and the prosecution wants to challenge her for cause," Geragos said.

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UPDATE 4/13/04 Because her Police Officer Husband has
repeatedly told her he thinks Peterson is guilty. Delucchi
dismissed her, saying, "I don't want to put you through this.''
UPDATE 4/15/04 Delucchi noted that he dismissed the juror  after
she omitted from her questionnaire that she had sought a restraining
order against an abusive husband who had threatened to kill her.
"The thing that was compelling to the court was that she did not
disclose  she was a victim of domestic violence," Delucchi said.