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Best Case Worst Case

128 | Worst Case Scenario: Criminalizing Cowardice

Best Case Worst Case

X-G Productions

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Deputy Scot Peterson was criminally charged for his apparent cowardice in failing to do a single thing to save the children being stalked and killed in the Parkland school shooting in 2018. Will the charges stick? Is criminalizing cowardice in this context a good idea?


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They can survive these circumstance. Move, use cover. Do everything you can if you're cornered and you're trapped, fight.

0:18.0

I hope that I have a little more in Tess and afforditude than that. I hope if I saw children getting hurt, I would go.

0:31.0

Hello and welcome to Best Case Worst Case. This is Worst Case scenario. I'm your host,

0:41.0

Francie Hakes, former state and federal prosecutor. Today with me in studio, I have a very special guest, Jim's on assignment.

0:49.0

So, subbing in for his brother is Tim Clemente, Tim Clemente, former state police officer, city, single estate, city police officer.

0:58.0

Well, I meant state versus federal, but you're you're more correct than I am in this one instance and former federal agent.

1:06.0

FBI, yes. Wow. So in your illustrious career, Tim, you have prosecuted, investigated, I should say lots of cases.

1:14.0

Yes, I am. You've investigated all kinds of different cases.

1:17.0

I am. And for those of our listeners who haven't heard your episode called the Bloody Third, actually, I think it's two episodes called the Bloody Third.

1:27.0

It's a part one and part two. They need to go back and listen because that in particular is something that is so fascinating to me for our discussion today on Worst Case scenario.

1:39.0

So let's go through a little bit of the facts first.

1:41.0

Okay.

1:42.0

What I wanted to talk to you about today is Scott Peterson and not the guy who killed his wife, Lacey.

1:49.0

Not that Scott Peterson.

1:50.0

Apparently the name Scott Peterson is very unfortunate. Yes. Maybe evil, even, which I can say is Jim's not here.

1:57.0

Jim hates it when I use the word evil. Yeah.

1:59.0

Doesn't believe in it. No, well, he just thinks it's another discussion for the day.

2:04.0

Okay. But no, he hates it when I say it, but this Scott Peterson, maybe evil or maybe just a coward. So there's the tease. Here's the facts.

2:14.0

Just this week, Scott Peterson, who was a deputy in Parkland, Florida, was charged by the police. He was clapped in handcuffs, hauled off to the polkae, arrested, and he was arraigned of the next day and charged with child neglect and something called culpable negligence and perjury.

2:37.0

Okay.

2:38.0

And here's what he did allegedly. So about a year ago, a little, a little over maybe almost 18 months ago, a terrible human being who I will not name walked into the high school there in Parkland and murdered a bunch of teenagers and teachers.

2:55.0

Scott Peterson was a deputy assigned to that school as a school resource officer.

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