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| LACI & CONNER Pray For Justice |
| GERAGOS HIRES JURY CONSULTANT JOELLAN DIMITRIUS |
| Now that Mark Geragos has hired High Profile Jury Consultant JoEllan Dimitrius to help with Jury selection.....I thought I'd first post her statements about this case on Larry King Live - May 30, 2003 regarding the Rocha's entering Laci's home |
| LARRY KING: Jo-Ellan, what do you think of all of this?
JO-ELLAN DIMITRIUS, JURY CONSULTANT: Well, I think there's -- there's two scenarios here. No. 1 is just from a humanitarian perspective. You know, this family is grieving, and they want some of their daughter's possessions. We can all understand that. From the defense perspective, I'd say from May 30 of 2003 on, anything that may come out of that, you know, potential crime scene is going to be viewed as suspect by any sitting jurors down the road because there has been a contamination element. So I think -- you know, I can understand, certainly, from the perspective of the family, why they needed to do that and, you know, whether or not they had the consent of the DAs, we don't know yet. But from the perspective of what would happen at trial. If there's anything key that comes up... KING: After, yes. DIMITRIUS: ... after today's date, then that's a problem. KING: Can we get a fair trial, Jo-Ellan? DIMITRIUS: You know, I think it's going to be real tough, and I think the reason is that we're seeing now a tit for tat. We see the leaking from the defense team yesterday. I thought it was interesting, within a matter of minutes, hours, the DA said, We want to have the results of the autopsy unsealed. I think everybody wants to know. I want to know. Was her torso -- was there a cut on her torso, or was her torso intact, you know, because I think some of that ties into the potential demonic element that's been set up. KING: All of this -- if it goes tit for tat, doesn't mean you can get a fair jury? DIMITRIUS: You know what? I don't know, Larry. And I what that we're seeing is such a sad statement about the judicial system in the United States because we're seeing people releasing information on both sides to try to influence the population and... KING: It's a free-speech country. DIMITRIUS: Well, sure it is, but now it's a matter of which team has the better PR person. And isn't that a sad statement? I mean, look at the Canadian system. In Canada, when a crime occurs, there's certainly a report on the crime, but then the media does not report on it until the trial is actually in place. KING: And Great Britain. DIMITRIUS: Absolutely. And I think, you know, maybe there's some wisdom in that. (Then responding to Sharon's attorney and the entry of the Rochas's in Laci's house} KING: Adam, you heard that from neighbors, right? STEWART: Let me clear a couple of things up. Jackie and Lee Peterson changed the locks on the home, changed the alarm codes on the home, took constructive and actual possession of the home to the exclusion of all others, despite the fact that the district attorney's office has indicated it's no longer a crime scene, despite the fact that the police department arrived there today and told my client this is a civil matter, we are not going to be taking this property from you. This is what's happened, and yet representatives from Mr. Geragos' office show up today, screaming that a burglary has occurred, which if you know what a burglary is, it's entering a dwelling with an intent to steal, which of course, Mrs. Rocha did not do, and Mr. Dalton drove to the police department to file a police report against Sharon Rocha, under these circumstances. KING: Doesn't it, Adam, though, since it's Scott Peterson's house and Laci Peterson is deceased, doesn't he have the right -- he's not convicted of anything -- to say who can use his house? STEWART: He has an equal right, the same right that the Rochas have to enter that home and access that property. Certainly by the rights that she has, they passed to her mother, just as well as Jackie and Lee Peterson, and that's why we started back in February to avoid everything that's happened today and this weekend, to simply say, can the four of you sit down, let's settle out the real property, let's settle out the investment, settle out all of these things. KING: I know, Adam, you have got to leave us, but Joe -- I just want to see if Jo-Ellan has a comment, or Ted or Dr. Lee. DIMITRIUS: Sure. I think what we have is purely a state of enemy going on right now, and you know, he said/she said, and allegations of people swimming in pools -- I mean, everybody out there is going, my God, what is going on? KING: That's right. DIMITRIUS: What's the bottom line in all of this? It gets more and more confusing by the day, and I feel sorry for both parties. HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT TRIAL NEWS ALIBI-WITNESS LIST EVIDENCE-NEWS PETERSON'S INDEX |