Peterson doesn't get insurance money

Here's a bit of news that I should have posted earlier but forgot to: on December 19, a judge ruled that murderer Scott Peterson is not entitled to his wife's life insurance money. Instead, the money will go to Sharon Rocha, Laci's mother. At an earlier court hearing in October, the judge awarded the money to Rocha because Peterson's lawyers failed to show up for court. However, the ruling was annulled at the request of Peterson's lawyers, who were clearly confused about when they were supposed to show up! At the December 19 hearing, Peterson's lawyer, Pat Harris, did a good job arguing that Rocha should not get the money until Peterson's appeals are exhausted, but, not surprisingly, the judge decided to give Rocha the money because Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife.