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The Peterson trial is over, for now. They found him guilty. Oddly, they had to get rid of three jurors to do it. I see a long appeal process.

There is no surprise here in my town. The guys in the gym had him pegged as guilty way before he was arrested with all the cash in his car and this 'disguise'. They also had the goods on OJ. If Kobe had stood trial, they had his case settled too. You got it, guilty.

For some reason, the straight guys whose knuckles drag a little close to the ground always figure that the guy did it. Phil Spector? Yup. Guilty. Robert Blake? Way way guilty.

I sometimes wonder at the inner anger. Are they projecting just a bit too much?

You gotta admit that we are doing more than our share out here to keep the tabloid press and cable teevee supplied with juicy material. We are a blue state and more than happy to flout and parade our sinfulness to the America that thrills at the downfall of the godless in gomorra. I bet Scott voted for Kerry. He was not a felon, yet.

James Walcott has it down pretty good.

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over (Until the Next One)

Posted by James Wolcott

The Scott Peterson verdict is to be announced momentarily, a momentous event that has preempted everything else on cable news over the last few hours and will consume the rest of the evening. I hope the reporters and "legal experts" on camera are wearing adult diapers, because they look as if they're peeing themselves with excitement.

Meanwhile, researchers at CNN, MSNBC, and Fox are scouring data bases to find the next murder case involving a husband allegedly murdering his pregnant wife.

Certain restrictions apply.

The couple must be white, reasonably affluent, and reasonably attractive, preferably with a girlfriend on-the-side for the husband. The gf must speak with a mall-rat accent and come across persuasively as a trusting idiot.

There must also be poignantly mundane home videos of the victim playing with children, walking on the beach, etc, reminding viewers of a happier time in her life, before she met her cruel destiny.

All future commentary and reckless speculation on pregnant-wife-murder cases and trials will make generous use of "Desperate Housewives" references and parallels.

Ah, I see a verdict has been reached.

Scott Peterson: guilty of 1st and 2nd degree murder. Well, there goes his shot at hosting the next season of The Bachelor.