In a Friday court filing, California prosecutors walked back plans to re-pursue the death penalty against convicted wife murderer Scott Peterson. The post ‘This Process Is Simply Too Painful’: Prosecutors Won’t Pursue New Death Sentence for Convicted Wife Murderer Scott Peterson first appeared on Law & Crime.
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