# What Sort Of Life Can Scott Peterson Look Forward To?

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**Created:** [November 11, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-life-can-scott-peterson-look-forward-to/274207 "2004-11-11T14:49:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-life-can-scott-peterson-look-forward-to/274207/1 "2004-11-11T14:49:42Z")

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(Assuming he gets life in prison). Will it be a crappy place? Or do white-collar criminals like Scott get decent roomates? I hear that life for the menendez boys isn’t too sweet-Eric doesn’ get to wear a wig, for one thing!  
How does the general prison population treat newly-arrived “celebrity” criminals like Scott!  
Do lifers like him make model prisoners? Or do they make a pain in the ass of themselevs )always compalining and writing letters of appeal)?  
Scott looks reasonably smart-any chance he might become a “jailhouse lawyer”? :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-life-can-scott-peterson-look-forward-to/274207/2 "2004-11-11T14:56:38Z")

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Scott Peterson is a white-collar criminal?

I’ve always assumed the definition of white-collar/non-white-collar (blue collar?) had more to do with the nature of the crime than the criminal.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-life-can-scott-peterson-look-forward-to/274207/3 "2004-11-11T15:29:30Z")

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Yeah he’s not a white-collar criminal.

And from what I hear, baby-killers are treated pretty badly. Not that I think he did it. I don’t know if he did it or not, but if he gets put in jail for that offense…

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-life-can-scott-peterson-look-forward-to/274207/4 "2004-11-11T16:07:50Z")

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If he gets off, he’ll hook up with OJ and have one _killer_ game of golf… :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-life-can-scott-peterson-look-forward-to/274207/5 "2004-11-11T16:37:03Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> … Or do they make a pain in the ass of themselves?..

Um - I think it’s probably going to be the other way around…