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California high court rejects Scott Peterson's death penalty

California high court rejects Scott Peterson's death penalty
we're learning more tonight about the Scott Peterson's death sentence appeal for the 2002 murder of his wife, Lacy, and their unborn son, Connor Kayseri Threes Felipe Chagall spoke with the attorney handling Peterson's appeal and explains why he says his client never had a fair shake during the phone conversation with Casey are a three and in court documents filed with the California Supreme Court. Scott Peterson's attorney, Cliff Gardner, says before hearing even a single witness, nearly half of all prospective jurors admitted they had already decided Mr Peterson was guilty of capital murder. Gardner told me the case was tried to close to Modesto. He goes on to say in the appeal that the trial court refused to change venue from San Mateo County. Thus, Mr Peterson was forced to pick a jury in a community that had plainly been saturated with negative publicity about the case exactly. They're arguing that certain things that the judge led into evidence appears not to be fair. Legal expert Johnny Griffin points to the police dog who picked up Lacey Peterson sent at the Berkeley marina. Peterson's attorney says in the court documents that the dog had a dismal record of being wrong, a remarkable 66% of the time for the razing everything they can to show the paella court that this conviction should not stand, The defense says There are numerous reasons why the guilt and penalty phase verdicts in this case must be reversed. But Griffin says it's important to note that they could very well find at the trial. Judge made a mistake or ruled in air on one issue, but yet and still find that there was still enough evidence to support the conviction. Philippe Jiggle KCR a. Three reports. Now the defense argues, all the evidence against Scott Peterson was purely circumstantial. The lead attorney says it has taken eight years to file the automatic appeal because he's had a star basically from Square one and examine every part of the case.
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California high court rejects Scott Peterson's death penalty
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The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, but said prosecutors may try again for the same sentence if they wish in the high-profile case.

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It upheld his 2004 murder conviction in the killing of Laci Peterson, 27, who was eight months pregnant with their unborn son, Connor. Investigators said that on Christmas Eve 2002, Peterson dumped the bodies from his fishing boat into San Francisco Bay, where they surfaced months later.

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It agreed with his argument that potential jurors were improperly dismissed from the jury pool after saying they personally disagreed with the death penalty but would be willing to follow the law and impose it.

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Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager did not immediately say if she would again seek the death penalty.

Peterson was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his wife and the second-degree murder of their unborn son.

Investigators chased nearly 10,000 tips and considered parolees and convicted sex offenders as possible suspects.

Peterson was eventually arrested after Amber Frey, a massage therapist living in Fresno, told police that they had begun dating a month before his wife바카라 게임 웹사이트s death, but that he had told her his wife was dead.

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