American Murder: Laci Peterson

I think this director studied under Joe Berlinger on how to make a bias, one sided documentary. Good grief. Little to no effort went into this and that's just a shame. Guilty, not guilty, doesn't matter, show both sides of the story. I'm glad the face to face documentary is out on Peacock so ppl can hopefully see the entire picture (to a degree of course). I learned after watching Berlinger's biased so called documentary, Paradise Lost - the West Memphis three case, that u cannot buy into any documentary presented these days. The degree of deception ppl will go to, to make for good tv, is disgusting. Nothing new is presented in this program, so imo, this so called documentary is absolutely pointless.

American Murder: Laci Peterson" leans heavily toward one side, presenting Scott Peterson as the prime suspect. While gripping, it lacks a balanced perspective. No new evidence is presented and everything points to Sharon Rocha's self-absorption and need to tell the world that she knew Scott was a bad guy beforehand. Without the endless interviews of inconsequential people, this series could have been told in a less unpalatable way, in under an hour. Unfortunately, this one-sided style is becoming the rule more than the exception in American crime documentaries. The only positive and the reason for my three stars is the frightening picture we get of the power of the American press. We even see a journalist who proudly tells on the screen that she has created this uproar and excited atmosphere among the population. It is a country in decay, and interesting to observe from a distance.

This is a very well-done show -- one of the better ones on Netflix. It's a shame the trial (last episode) wasn't televised, but that's not the doc series' fault. Scott Peterson is a psychopath, no question about it. Someone who kills their wife and unborn child and shows no remorse, contrition, nothing, is a psychopath. He's also an "actor," who can apparently cry when trying to explain himself when speaking with his girlfriend -- but he's not a good one. And of course, he's not as smart as he thinks he is. Glad he's in prison, but too bad the death penalty was overruled in his case. Besides how sad it was for Laci and Connor to be murdered, it's also sad that Scott Peterson's side of the family still maintains he's innocent to this day. Talk about denial and delusion!! His sister-in-law, Janey Peterson, actually went to law school and became a lawyer, all to fight his conviction. Not that Scott's family members would read these reviews, but if they do: Hey, Peterson family, you gotta wake up and stop living in delusion. Why can't you believe someone you've known his entire life is capable of heinous murders? You are the classic "family in denial" when something like this goes down with a family member. "Oh, he's too good, too nice, to have ever done something like that!" No. No he's not. Every single day, someone commits murder that others think or will say, "I can't believe it." Well, believe it, Peterson family, stop living in denial. And Mark Geragos was Scott Peterson's attorney. An attorney with a "famous" reputation, but the man is a piece of dung. Serves Scott Peterson right for hiring that man, too.

Who produced this, the prosecutor's office? Can't believe there were three episodes and they didn't even tell any of the story. Its completely one sided and pointless. Don't know why it was even made. It's basically just a recap of the lazy nonsense narrative that the investigators pushed. They don't discuss the multiple witnesses that saw Laci in the park with her dog that morning. They ignore the fact that police just blindly accepted that the robbery across the street occurred on a night after the murder when news crews were all camped out front, which would have been impossible. And they don't bring up that the fetus aged past the date of Laci's disappearance, meaning she was clearly held captive and killed days later. Doesn't mention the witness that saw a women matching her description arguing with men in a van out front of the house that was robbed on the morning of her disappearance. The truth is she was taken by those two men, held and later killed and dumped in that lake once they saw on the news that Scott had been there that day. Scott Peterson is innocent and this garbage being on Netflix is a travesty and is simply further pushing a false narrative and miscarriage of justice.

Same storey told over one hundred times on ow many shows? It slow cooks the same storey years later. I get the families stories and hurt. But this case got so much attention. More than most, in the beginning. Whole thing became a blitze. Sp many shows and coverage. What about other cases? Its solved. Why now? Why have more heat on this? I am sorry for Lacis fam. I get the hurt, but why are we still here when so many stories need to be heard? If i were this fam i would fight for more stories not this one that is solved. You gpt the closure. Others didnt. What about them? America was already on your side.

I remember this case and felt that as it unfolded justice was done. I remember the reveal in the press of the "other woman" and how the police and family turned against Scott Peterson. The timing and information made it a done deal. Now I'm not as sure, thanks to Netflix. --- The police officer in these interviews shows obvious bias as he tells the story. He reports he had those doubts and suspicions from the start. And while they do apparently still work other angles, he's also fitting his findings to his bias, rather than the other way around. The mistress, Amber, being an informant and trying to push Peterson into a confession feels like entrapment. Entrapment that didn't work. (Again, adding to my discomfort, because surely not knowing she was wired, he'd have confessed to her if he had guilt.) There are huge things that are skimmed over in this documentary--the robbery isn't even nailed down to date and time. The robbers obviously were trying to avoid self incrimination while getting "points" with the cops. Meanwhile, little details are absolutely drilled as critical. --- So do I still think Scott Peterson is a bad guy? Yes. But I no longer feel absolutely confident that he was the one who killed his wife. And that's not the note Netflix should have been aiming for in a doc.

Watched gripping documentary and, being from India, I managed to restrain myself from researching the case until I had finished all the episodes. I thoroughly enjoyed the suspense leading up to the final verdict. Throughout the documentary, Scott's body language consistently gave off a "catch me if you can" vibe, until the moment Amber took the stand as a witness. And the smile of him makes so irritating throughout the clipings .I don't know but I felt that way . Felt sorry for the mother and child as well as Amber . The second episode felt a bit dragged, but overall, it was a satisfying documentary that's perfect for watching on a lazy afternoon.