Trial proved only one thing: Cry or die

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Raised on movies, we don't care how justice is done. The bad guycan get blown away, or fall on his own knife, or get hit by a bus.Doesn't much matter, though we prefer the villain to fall off a roofthrough his own treachery. That way the hero doesn't bloody hishands.

The least satisfying, in fact, is how Scott Peterson got hiscomeuppance -- in a court of law. Where's the drama in that? Still, amob of morons gathered to whoop and cheer outside the Redwood City,Calif., courtroom where a jury on Monday recommended a death sentencefor Peterson.

I didn't share their grinning satisfaction. Oh sure, he's guiltyas sin -- but they didn't prove it. This …