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Inmates at San Quentin
Prison have a plan to kill
Scott
Peterson!
"He's a baby killer and a wife
killer and that doesn't fly with
a lot of prisoners," former San
Quentin inmate Art Walters told
The ENQUIRER.
"I've heard prisoners bragging
that they want to say, 'Hey I'm the
guy that got Scott.' An attack will
happen while Scott's being led from
his cell to other parts of the prison."
Walters, who was released from
the infamous California prison last
year after serving four years for
possession of methamphetamines,
said that inmates followed the
Peterson case closely.
After several weeks of medical
and psychological evaluation,
Scott will be assigned a cell on
East Block where most Death Row
inmates are housed.
An attack on the former fertilizer
salesman will likely occur as
he's escorted to the showers,
infirmary or law library -- by
one or two guards, said Walters.
"He has to pass by other prisoners,
guys mopping or doing other
chores. It doesn't take much for
someone to use a makeshift knife
on Scott."
For security reasons, San
Quentin requires that prisoners
turn their backs and leave a wide
path when any escorted inmate in
shackles passes by.
But despite the
precautions, "it
would be shortsighted
not to think
an assault is possible,"
San Quentin
spokesman Sgt. Eric
Messick told The
ENQUIRER.
A prime example
was the attack on notorious Death
Row inmate Richard Allen Davis,
who murdered little Polly Klaas,
said Sgt. Messick.
"That happened while Davis was
being escorted. A prisoner was
facing away, toward a wall. But he
suddenly turned and attacked
Davis."
The killer's head was slammed
into a locker -- a vicious attack that
left him with recurring dizzy spells.
Overcrowded conditions will
make it even more difficult to
protect Scott. The facility holds
some 6,000 inmates -- including
644 awaiting execution.
His vulnerability will increase if
he chooses to exercise
in the prison
yard with other
prisoners, rather
than by himself.
"In the minds of
some prisoners, it
would be a feather in
their cap to kill or
attack Scott Peterson
because of his notoriety," California
Department of Corrections
spokesperson Terry Thornton told
The ENQUIRER.
Those prisoners include members
of violent San Quentin prison
gangs -- white supremacists like
the Aryan Brotherhood and the
Nazi Low Riders, Hispanic gangs
and the tough Black Guerilla
Family.
"The gangsters might just kill
Scott for kicks," said Sgt. Messick.
"Those guys have a thing about
inmates who kill mothers and
pregnant women. "
As he settles in to Death Row,
Scott will be allowed a TV set and
a radio. He must get it from a
vendor who manufactures the
items with clear plastic casings so
guards can see if inmates are
hiding weapons or contraband.
The handsome inmate has
proven to be a lady slayer in more
ways than one.
Before being transferred to San
Quentin from the jail in San Mateo
County, Scott had to destroy
hundreds of letters from women --
many of them containing photos of
the love-struck loonies, according
to a law enforcement source.
"The shredded letters filled three
garbage bags."
-- DON GENTILE
