Survey Says

I haven't written much on the Scott Peterson case because I don't care about it. But this is worth noting:

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - A survey a judge cited in his decision to move Scott Peterson's capital murder trial out of Modesto contained made-up information, criminal justice students who conducted the survey told a newspaper.

The 10-county survey suggested that more jurors without bias could be found in the San Francisco Bay area or Southern California than in Stanislaus County, which includes Modesto, home town of Peterson's slain wife, Laci.

But several of the California State University, Stanislaus students who compiled the report told The Modesto Bee they used a lot of fake information because it had been too hard to gather all the data properly. The students requested anonymity, the paper said.

"We falsified the info,'' a 20-year-old criminal justice student said. "The stuff we submitted wasn't true.''

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Not all students said they'd faked their results, which accounted for 20 percent of their grade. But six students - all seniors - told the paper they had made up all of their answers because they had no time and no money for the dozens of lengthy long-distance phone calls that were required.

On the bright side, kids, you all should be able to land jobs at the American Enterprise Institute.

My venue recommendation: Modoc County or, better yet, Nicaragua.