Final arguments in Scott Peterson's bid for a new trial — Transcript

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1. 0:01she's been nicknamed strawberry
2. 0:03shortcake because of her dyed red hair
3. 0:05during scott peterson's 2004 trial her
4. 0:08real name rochelle nice at the center of
5. 0:11peterson's bid for a new trial
6. 0:14today the final words from his legal
7. 0:16team and the state she was
8. 0:18talking about it there but i don't
9. 0:19believe there's any follow-up on it
10. 0:21the facts of this case out of modesto
11. 0:23have been replayed since lacey peterson
12. 0:26disappeared on christmas eve 2002
13. 0:29the pregnant mother missing until april
14. 0:31of 2003 when two bodies belonging to
15. 0:34lacey and her unborn son connor were
16. 0:37found on the shore of the san francisco
17. 0:39bay
18. 0:40by december 2004 peterson was convicted
19. 0:42and sentenced to death
20. 0:44nice a juror who helped shape that
21. 0:47verdict accused by peterson's team shown
22. 0:50here from court today of lying on a jury
23. 0:53questionnaire when she denied having
24. 0:54been the victim of a crime or involved
25. 0:57in a lawsuit
26. 0:58peterson's legal team using their
27. 1:00closing argument to tell the san mateo
28. 1:02superior court judge that when nice
29. 1:04didn't reveal she was beaten by a
30. 1:06boyfriend while pregnant in 2001 whether
31. 1:09on purpose or by accident
32. 1:11it was misconduct attorneys for the
33. 1:14people say she didn't lie she just
34. 1:16didn't understand the more than 100
35. 1:18questions on the questionnaire in fact
36. 1:21as part of the closing arguments the
37. 1:22attorney for the people said she wasn't
38. 1:24very good at filling out forms and was a
39. 1:27straightforward witness
40. 1:29not a juror who set out to convict
41. 1:31peterson
42. 1:32again this is miss nice from back in
43. 1:342004 to what the court saw here during
44. 1:36the evidentiary hearing
45. 1:39can you explain to me why you believe
46. 1:41yourself to be a fair person answered
47. 1:44because i know what it's like to be
48. 1:45judged and i know what it's like to be
49. 1:47prejudged before somebody actually you
50. 1:50know
51. 1:54well again uh her mother lacey's mother
52. 1:56and brother along with other family
53. 1:58members sat in the jury box today during
54. 2:00these final words scott peterson's
55. 2:02family is holding a news conference
56. 2:04right now and we'll have more on that
57. 2:05coming up on our news at five o'clock