Elegant


 


The New York Times proves that, whatever else has gone on in the last few years, its writers can still write. This is the most perfect lede I think I have ever seen:

Scott Peterson, the fertilizer salesman from Modesto, Calif., whose five-month murder trial fed the nation's appetite for real-life courtroom drama, was found guilty of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn child in 2002.


(From the print edition - the online edition is slightly different.)

Posted: Saturday - November 13, 2004 at 07:50 AM         | |


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