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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (85814)	11/12/2004 5:10:11 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793897

<<California Chief Justice Rose Bird >> The police think of her as a complete nut.

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (85814)	11/12/2004 5:42:40 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 793897

no telling what happens to him in prison.

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (85814)	11/13/2004 10:27:02 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 793897

I don't think he need fear for his life anytime soon. Not at the hands of the state, I'd be willing to wager. Since death row inmates are probably confined to their cells 23 hours a day, it's unlikely he'd be done in by any of the other prisoners either. IMO Peterson's prospects for continuing to breathe would have been much reduced had he been found guilty without aggravating circumstances and was ultimately placed in the general prison population.

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (85814)	1/19/2005 4:24:30 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793897

California has the death penalty but doesn't actually execute people. Currently (as of July 2004) California has 635 people on death row. This is more than the entire country had as recently as 1980. Not quite. seattlepi.nwsource.com However, your chances of dying of natural causes on death row are probably better than a trip to the chamber. I don't think he need fear for his life anytime soon. It seems to run 20+ years between sentencing and execution- -if the conviction isn't overturned first.