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Live Blogging Scott Peterson Trial

Defense Lawyer Mickey Sherman is in the courtroom right now at the Scott Peterson trial in California. There is wi-fi in the courtroom and he's insta-messaging so I can put it up on TalkLeft. [Too bad we couldn't do this with the Supreme Court argument this morning.] Here's what he has to say.

MS: so they put on the Tidal Expert-----Dr. Cheng ---who was not great for the prosecution.

MS: On the stand now is Mike Richardson, friend of Scott and Laci for 7-8 years. He was best man at their wedding. He testified that Scott had changed his cars because he feared a GPS system had been placed on his car by the police. Further---he confirmed that Scott changed the color of his hair. He told us that Scott said it was the result of swimming in someone's pool.

MS: Now they have the guy on who owns the pool and hot tub that Scott supposedly swam in which turned his hair color. Scott had stayed at his home. On direct---he told the prosecutor that Scott never swam in the pool. On cross, he is now saying that Scott may have swam in his pool! This blockbuster testimony is barely keeping the jury awake!!!!

JM: Can you describe Scott when you have a second?

MS: Scott is very attentive to everything and speaking at times to Geragos who seems very much in control here. This morning, he very effectively took apart Dr. Cheng, the tidal expert who basically admitted that he really had never done any work like this before. In a very good-natured manner, Geragos had the entire jury laughing very loudly when Dr. Cheng said that his emails to the prosecutor are never fact checked or reviewed---Geragos remarked---"That's okay---that's why we have cross-examination!"

MS: No smoking guns here today in the last gasps of the prosecution case.

MS: I gotta get over to the MSNBC truck for Dan's show---grab you later.

MS signed off at 3:34 PM

So, if you're by a tv, turn on MSNBC and watch the Abrams Report.

Update: Mickey's back, it's a commercial break.

MS: They only have two or three more witnesses left. I spoke with Scott's parents for a bit. Very nice people---no matter what one may think relative to Scott's innocence or guilt---you have to feel for them. Such a tragedy.

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