How can Scott Peterson afford to pay his legal bill?
 
After a six month carnival trial how can a fertilizer salesman afford
to pay $250 000 to $500 000 for a media savvy counselor like MG? 
I remember watching MG on a TV commentary/opinion show saying that the
defendant (or his family) should call *him*, suggesting that he
actively solicited the case.   If so, maybe he is doing it for free :)

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Clarification of Question by grthumongous-ga on 11 Dec 2004 14:48 PST

Hi Pink,
you can claim an official answer for that link to Tutuzdad.
So it seems that MG is unlikely to be working for free, and more likely
that the People rather than Peterson will pay him his Matchbox Twenty Money?.

Thanks for accepting my remarks as your answer.

As I mentioned below, a similar question was posted on GA in 2003. My
able colleague Tutuzdad did a fine job here:

Compensation for Defense Attorneys for High-Profile Criminal Cases
http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=242589

I hate to collect the boodle for someone else's work, so I've found
another link related to the matter:

"Two judges decided Friday [July 30, 2004] whether tax money will help
defend Scott Peterson against murder charges, but by law the ruling
remains confidential.

And it's possible no one will ever know, outside of a few key players. 

Mark Geragos, Peterson's attorney, and court officials continued to
cite state law guaranteeing confidentiality when seeking public money
for indigent defense.

'Look, if I did file, I couldn't tell you,' Geragos said Friday. 'If I
didn't file, I still couldn't tell you.'...

Some lawyers shed the cloak of secrecy when it comes to public
funding. Erik and Lyle Menendez, who killed their parents in Beverly
Hills in 1989, and David Westerfield, who murdered 7-year-old Danielle
van Dam in San Diego in 2002, received public money, their lawyers
have said. Judges let them keep their original lawyers to preserve
continuity."

Sacramento Bee: Peterson money decision a secret
http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/special_reports/laci_peterson/peterson/trial/story/8925748p-9817945c.html

Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "scott peterson" geragos pay OR pays
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22scott+peterson%22+geragos+pay+OR+pays

I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if anything is unclear, or
if a link doesn't work for you.

Best,
Pink

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 19 Dec 2004 19:50 PST

Update:

Shades of OJ: Geragos is now asking for donations "to help continue
the search for the murderer of Laci and Conner Peterson."

http://petersoninvestigation.com

thanks Pink.

This answer to an earlier question might interest you:

http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=242589

Thank you for the five stars and the nice tip!

~Pink