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The Peterson jury has reached a verdict--they'll announce it at 4:00 pm.

Personally, I think the guy's guilty--but I also think he'll get off. The white O.J. OTOH, the fact that they had to start deliberations again today, and they reached one so quickly gives hope--quick verdicts I believe usually indicate a guilty verdict.

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I've wondered that many times myself. James Earl Ray, John Wayne Gacy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mark David Chapman--offhand, I can only think of Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer who don't follow this rule.

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Perhaps it's done to avoid tarnishing the names of the thousands of Stephen Andersons or Robert Harrises who lead normal, law-abiding lives. Most ordinary people don't often use their middle names.

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Yes, middle names are more unique identifiers than just first and last names. I think it also has a lot to do with the name that the prosecution uses to charge the criminal, ie the name on the indictment.