# How many people did Scott Peterson kill?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 31, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-scott-peterson-kill/548676 "2010-07-31T13:23:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-scott-peterson-kill/548676/61 "2010-08-03T18:19:08Z")

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I find it bizarre that the question revolves for some around a murderer’s attitude and feelings–he _thought_ of the fetus as a child, so he was killing a child as well as a woman?

Does that mean that a killer who doesn’t believe in the basic humanity of his adult victims is less guilty?

I’m not inclined to give the murderer’s opinions on the matter any weight. This was a double killing, no matter how he thought of it. A baby in the womb at eight months is much closer, in all senses except the event of birth itself, to a born baby than it is to an embryo.

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