Source: Peterson jury will inspect 14-foot boat
No decision reached after 19 hours of deliberation
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 A jury of six men and six women is now deliberating Scott Peterson's fate.
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REDWOOD CITY, California (CNN) -- Jurors in double murder trial of Scott Peterson on Monday will inspect the aluminum boat prosecutors say the defendant used to dump the body of his pregnant wife into San Francisco Bay, Court TV reported Friday night.
The network quoted sources as saying jurors wrote a note Friday to Superior Court Judge Alfred Delucchi requesting to see the 14-foot Gamefisher Peterson said he took out on the bay on December 24, 2002, the day he reported his wife, Laci, missing.
As part of the prosecution's case, jurors saw the boat in a garage in July. Peterson bought the boat for $1,400 shortly before his wife disappeared, according to court testimony.
Court TV is co-owned by Time-Warner, the parent company of CNN.
Jurors concluded their third day of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict after 19 hours of discussions.
They will spend the weekend sequestered in a hotel with orders to avoid reading or hearing about the case and will reconvene Monday morning.
The panel heard from 184 witnesses, including Peterson's former mistress, during the 23-week trial.
Sources told CNN that before adjourning, jurors asked Delucchi if they could review several items of evidence: a telephone transcript and a recording of a conversation between Peterson and Sharon Rocha, Laci's mother; records of phone calls between Peterson and his wife; and copies of Peterson's fishing licenses.
Peterson, 32, is accused of killing his wife and the couple's unborn son, Conner, on December 23 or 24, 2002, and dumping her body, weighted with homemade cement anchors, into San Francisco Bay.
The bodies washed ashore separately in April 2003, near where Peterson said he had launched his boat during a fishing trip the day his wife disappeared.
Days after those remains were found, Peterson, carrying nearly $15,000 in cash and with his hair dyed blond, was arrested.
About a month after Laci Peterson disappeared, massage therapist Amber Frey told reporters that she had been having an affair with Peterson before and after the disappearance.
In his closing argument last week, defense attorney Mark Geragos said prosecutors had introduced no direct evidence tying Peterson to the killings and emphasized what he called "internal inconsistencies" in the case.
"I don't care if you hate Scott Peterson," Geragos told members of the jury, urging them to set aside their emotions and concentrate on the evidence.
Prosecutor Rick Distaso compared the case to a jigsaw puzzle and told jurors their job was to assemble the pieces.
"Scott Peterson created a fantasy life for himself. In his fantasy world, he was rich, successful, had a beautiful girlfriend. ... He liked that life," Distaso said.
Killing his wife, Distaso said, was the only way Peterson could continue living that life.
If convicted of first-degree murder, to which he has pleaded not guilty, Peterson could be sentenced to death.
Jurors have the option of convicting him on the lesser charge of second-degree murder if they decide the slaying was not premeditated. A conviction on that charge could mean a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
The option of the lesser charge was a victory for prosecutors, since evidence against Peterson was largely circumstantial, and undecided jurors might have an easier time returning a second-degree conviction.
