No Second Thoughts for Peterson Jurors

Dec. 14, 2004-- -- Three members of the jury that recommended the death sentence for Scott Peterson after finding him guilty of the slayings of his wife and their unborn son have no regrets about their decision.

Jury foreman Steve Cardosi and fellow jurors Richelle Nice and Greg Bertalis said today on "Good Morning America" they believed they had meted out justice for Laci Peterson and the baby the couple had planned to name Conner.

"They can rest in peace," said Nice, a magenta-haired unemployed mother of four. "Justice was done."

Jurors recommended on Monday that the judge impose the death penalty when he formally sentences Peterson on Feb. 25. On Nov. 12, the same jury found Peterson, 32, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Laci and second-degree murder in the death of the unborn baby.

The jurors said the accumulation of damning information convinced them that Peterson had committed the slayings and should be executed.

"There were so many things," said Cardosi, a firefighter and paramedic from Half Moon Bay, Calif. "Saying that one particular thing brought me to a decision just wouldn't be accurate or fair to the process. There were many things."

However, Cardosi conceded that the fact that Peterson's alibi -- he said he was fishing the day Laci disappeared -- placed him near the area where the remains washed ashore was very damning. Prosecutors had argued Peterson used his boat to dump Laci's body in San Francisco Bay.

"The bodies washed up where he was," Cardosi said.

He said he thought the penalty was "appropriate justice."

"Given the nature [of the crime] and how personal it really was against his wife and child," he said during Monday's news conference.

Bertalis, who works in youth sports, said he found the premeditation to be particularly chilling.

"It wasn't an act of 'he flipped out and did something.' I can understand that," he said. "This was planned."