Will Scott Peterson Take the Stand?

Scott Peterson has taken part in mock cross-examinations by a former California prosecutor in an apparent attempt to determine if he should testify in his on defense in his double-murder trial for the deaths of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson.

Michael Cardoza, a former Alameda County prosecutor, told The Modesto Bee that he twice conducted mock cross-examinations of Peterson last week in the San Mateo County jail in sessions that lasted for hours.

Lead attorney Mark Geragos observed the sessions, but did not ask for a recommendation on whether Peterson should testify, Cardoza said. "I’m not recommending anything," Cardoza said.

Meanwhile, the defense opened its case in the trial by calling a expert on concrete who testified that concrete from the side of Peterson's driveway was consistent with the concrete Peterson used to make an anchor for his boat.

Peterson said he made only one anchor with a bag of concrete he bought and used the rest to around his driveway. Prosecutors believe he used the concrete to make one boat anchor and four anchors to use to weigh Laci's body down in the San Francisco Bay.

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