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Scott Peterson Won't Get a New Trial, Will Be Re-Sentenced to Life Without Parole sfist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
California prosecutors’ Tuesday decision not to see the death penalty against accusedmurderer Scott Peterson should come as no real surprise to anyone familiar with the circumstances surrounding the case, an attorney representing Peterson said. Cliff Gardner, Peterson’s appellate attorney, said in a statement after Tuesday’s news that anyone who knows about the new evidence presented in state habeas proceedings and the basis of the Supreme Court s decision reversing the original penalty phase verdict would not be surprised by prosecutors’ decision. The Supreme Court properly found that the jury was not fairly selected, Gardner said. Those aware of the new evidence presented in habeas proceedings (including the state s lawyers of course) knew full well that if the state was forced to fairly select jurors, no jury would either conclude Scott was guilty much less impose death at a penalty retrial. ....
Peterson, 47, was convicted in 2004 for the murder of his wife and their unborn son, Connor. Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant at the time of her death. She vanished from the couple s Modesto home in December 2002 and her body was found months later. Investigators say Peterson took the bodies from the home and dumped them from his fishing boat into the San Francisco Bay. He was arrested after Amber Frey, a massage therapist living in Fresno, told police that they began dating a month before his wife’s death and that he had told her his wife was dead. His lawyers are preparing for a retrial in the death penalty phase of the case. He was originally sentenced to death but it was overturned last year by the California Supreme Court because the original trial judge dismissed jurors improperly. ....
Peterson, 48, appeared in a San Mateo, California court via video link on Tuesday His attorneys are seeking to have his 2004 murder conviction overturned They claim to have new witnesses and suspects they believe are the true killers Peterson was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of his pregnant wife, Laci But death sentence was overturned last year over errors in jury selection Now his attorneys seek to have guilty verdict tossed over alleged juror bias Saturday s episode of 48 Hours on CBS will examine new developments in case ....