With elizabeth cook. A convicted killer back in court. Scott peterson is fighting for his freedom more than 20 years since the case began. She lost her daughter in a tragic hit and run. Now, how two strangers are helping this mom find closure. The rain is gone and signs of spring are on the way. We are tracking the warmup in our first alert weather. Thank you for joining us. Im elizabeth cook. We start with a case that continues to have a hold on the nation. The murder of laci peterson, the conviction of her husband scott and now a new legal move. Anne makovec is following that and other news headlines. A lot of twists and turns in the Scott Peterson case already over the years. Now, likely even more on the way. Right now, he is serving a life sentence without parole for the murders of his pregnant wife laci and their unborn son. He is fighting to get his case retried with new help on his side. Our max darrow was at the courthouse in San Mateo County. Around 20 years later, this case c
You are a go. Water systems. Go grades operations. All clear to launch. Mercury capsule. Go. All prestart panel lights are correct. The ready light is on. In the fall of 1958, nasas first administrator, t. Keith glennan, approved project mercury with the goal of sending a man into space and bringing him home safely. And do it before the russians do it. But first, nasa needed a spacecraft. Specifications were sent to 20 companies. Eleven bid on the highly prized contract. And in january, 1959, st. Louisbased Mcdonnell Aircraft Corporation was picked to build what had never been built before. This was irresistible. This was a chance to do something that had never been done. We were just basically out of college. I just graduated a year before. I was part of the electrical power and sequential system. I followed mercury from the very beginning after the contract was signed in 1959, january. What they really asked mcdonnell to do was to take the warhead off of a Ballistic Missile and put o
Note: this accident was previously featured in episode 5 of the plane crash series on October 7th, 2017, prior to the series’ arrival on Medium. This article is written without reference to and…