scott peterson, whey don't know what the crime scene was -- >> i do. >> he's on death row. >> oh, no,stand that. the problem is that the evidence was so weak from a physical evidence standpoint and the investigation at the time of the murder was so bad, it was so rotten that they blew the opportunity to make the case against him more effectively. >> the problem is and i remember us all commenting on it, he had a swimmer's chance until the evidence came in that he had killed his other wife. and when that comes in -- forget it. the gavel goes down. >> what you may find is that he may have a chance on appeal to get this sentence -- verdict conviction reversed. >> i was in his house when it was investigated on wife number 4 -- she still hasn't been found. he sat me down in his office and he said she left with her passport and her underwear. it was the weirdest story ever. >> when you went out there alone to do the interview, i was being groomed as the new anchor -- >> i wasn't marrying him. >> no matter how you look at it, the judge in this court allowed a lot of hearsay evidence in -- >>

spencer skashber came back to fresno a changed man, reminiscent of scott peterson. described as quiet had few words for me when he returned saturday. >> got mig anything to say, spencer? >> not much. >> mexican immigration official as rested him two months after he disappeared on the day he was supposed to testify in his own rape case. detectives believe spencer's mother and sister sneaked him across the border, they say his father kyle an assistant chief with the patrol misled investigators a buggus missing persons report, planting blood on the family driveway. but neighbors and friends say they're a good family. >> my heart goes out to spencer. my heart goes out to gail and kyle. they're lovely people. and would do anything for anyone. >> an american flag hangses a tribute to the country he served as a marine before the service with the chp. his photo hangs from a wall in the office in fresno but the commissioner in sacramento says an internal affairs investigation will result in appropriate action. kyle bailed out of jail surngd his wife, and step daughter follow

casey anthony, scott peterson, robert blake, phil specter, michael jackson, o.j.a stewart. even the lindbergh baby kidnapping. why do they go to trial? it's because to get the real truth in a case like this, really get the truth, you need a courtroom. you need witnesses sworn. you need evidence, et cetera. and they tend to go that way. just looking at history, it seems to me we may well have a trial with oscar pistorius. the second part of it is we have to assume with a plea bargain if he will be offered a deal he can live with and i think based on the evidence and based on the improbabilities in his statement as the judge said, he may not get the offer he wants. >> one thing that all those cases she mentioned have in common is they were all within the united states of america. in south africa, you have a case that mark thatcher, prime minister thatcher's son, who was accused of fomenting a revolution abroad, got a very sweet plea bargain deal. the fact that it's a high profile case alone doesn't prevent a plea bargain from taking place. look, i think we don't kno