Convicted murderer Scott Peterson took his first steps toward a potential new trial Tuesday when he appeared virtually before a Northern California judge, while his recently added counsel attended the courtroom in person to push for further evidence to be included in his case.
As Peterson appeared on Zoom from Mule Creek State Prison, where he's serving a life sentence, the LAIP went before Hill to request she allow them access to certain police reports and recordings that were not presented to the jury during Peterson's initial trial, and that she order new DNA tests. Particularly, the nonprofit states in court filings that one of the burglary suspects denied he was involved with the break-in but suggested to police that the perpetrators may have been confronted by Laci and that they"did something stupid," according to The Associated Press.
Peterson told police he was fishing in the Bay when his wife disappeared. Then four days after she and his unborn son were discovered there, he was arrested and charged with their murders, to which he pleaded not guilty. In 2020, the California Supreme Court, citing the trial judge's improper jury-selection bias screenings, overturned Peterson's death penalty sentence, and later that year, it ruled a lower court should look again at his case to decide whether his convictions should be overturned. The following year, Peterson was resentenced to life in prison.
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