REDWOOD CITY – Before he got hired as Scott Peterson's lawyer, Mark Geragos went on TV and declared that prosecutors had amassed a "damning circumstantial case" that Peterson murdered his pregnant wife. It hardly looks that way now.
Nine weeks into the trial, a stumbling prosecution has let a deft defense gain such an advantage that without a tide-turning moment, Peterson will probably walk, trial-watchers agree. Nearly every day, defense lawyers explain away details that once seemed incriminating.
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