The Modesto Bee has a detailed recap of the Scott Peterson preliminary hearing. Given the paucity of direct evidence presented at the hearing, the question arises, was the prosecution holding back or is that all they have? Our views are among those included in the article:

"His behavior and words (since Dec. 24) don't make him a murderer," said Jeralyn Merritt, a criminal defense attorney in Denver..... "Mark Geragos' strategy at the prelim was to rebut every piece of information capable of more than one interpretation," Merritt said, "and he did a very effective job at it."

"There is no murder weapon, no cause of death, no crime scene. What do they have?" Merritt said. "There is no evidence even of a struggle, let alone a murder."

....[defense attorney Bernie] Grimm and Merritt said if they were in Geragos' shoes, they would push for a speedy trial when Peterson is arraigned again Dec. 3 on the upheld charges.

As to the low threshold of proof necessary to establish "probable cause," Mark Geragos says, "I like to jokingly say it's, 'Is my client breathing?'"