Post by sclcookie on May 31, 2006 2:13:45 GMT -5
Laci killer kept in dark on book by pen-pal juror
An ex-juror who wrote pen-pal letters to convicted killer Scott Peterson urging him to confess to the murders of his wife and unborn son is also writing a tell-all book about the trial, the Daily News has learned.
But during months of correspondence with the death row inmate, Richelle Nice, 36, never told Peterson she and 6 other jurors were penning "We the Jury," set to be published this fall by Phoenix Books.
"Scott had no idea what was going on. She never at any time during the correspondence told Scott she was writing a book," a source close to Peterson told The News yesterday.
Nice, whose candy-apple-red hair led reporters to dub her "Strawberry Shortcake" during the trial, shared the letters with People magazine, which features a 5-page spread touting her "most unusual correspondence" in this week's issue.
"If he comes clean, I don't think things will change, but it will put a lot of people's minds at ease and at rest," Nice told People.
"She insists that, more than anything else, she's writing in hopes he'll eventually confess to the murder of his wife," the magazine reported. She wrote him 17 letters and he sent back eight letters and an Easter card, the magazine said.
In his letters, Peterson maintained his innocence but didn't diss the jurors who convicted him. "I am just not an angry person ... I am empathetic to what you went through," he wrote.
He frequently mentioned his slain pregnant wife, Laci, 27, and insisted he had looked forward to playing sports with his unborn son, whom the couple planned to name Conner, the magazine said.
People's article does not mention Nice's involvement in a book deal, nor does it mention that one of the magazine's own staffers is authoring the jurors' tome. "There were only so many elements we could include" in the story, the magazine said.
(source: New York Daily News)
An ex-juror who wrote pen-pal letters to convicted killer Scott Peterson urging him to confess to the murders of his wife and unborn son is also writing a tell-all book about the trial, the Daily News has learned.
But during months of correspondence with the death row inmate, Richelle Nice, 36, never told Peterson she and 6 other jurors were penning "We the Jury," set to be published this fall by Phoenix Books.
"Scott had no idea what was going on. She never at any time during the correspondence told Scott she was writing a book," a source close to Peterson told The News yesterday.
Nice, whose candy-apple-red hair led reporters to dub her "Strawberry Shortcake" during the trial, shared the letters with People magazine, which features a 5-page spread touting her "most unusual correspondence" in this week's issue.
"If he comes clean, I don't think things will change, but it will put a lot of people's minds at ease and at rest," Nice told People.
"She insists that, more than anything else, she's writing in hopes he'll eventually confess to the murder of his wife," the magazine reported. She wrote him 17 letters and he sent back eight letters and an Easter card, the magazine said.
In his letters, Peterson maintained his innocence but didn't diss the jurors who convicted him. "I am just not an angry person ... I am empathetic to what you went through," he wrote.
He frequently mentioned his slain pregnant wife, Laci, 27, and insisted he had looked forward to playing sports with his unborn son, whom the couple planned to name Conner, the magazine said.
People's article does not mention Nice's involvement in a book deal, nor does it mention that one of the magazine's own staffers is authoring the jurors' tome. "There were only so many elements we could include" in the story, the magazine said.
(source: New York Daily News)