Scott Peterson back in court with support from the LA Innocence Project
Scott Peterson returned to a courtroom by Zoom on Tuesday in the latest development since being convicted nearly 20 years ago of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn child on Christmas Eve in 2002.
in 2020 but he바카라 게임 웹사이트s still serving a life sentence while maintaining his innocence and hoping for a new trial.
Earlier this year, , requesting to look at some of the evidence used in his trial.
The group filed motions in the case for a post-conviction discovery, sealed court records, DNA testing and exhibits in support of the DNA testing.
Items mentioned in the court documents include cloth from a mattress booked into evidence by police that was recovered from an orange van that was set on fire in the Peterson neighborhood. They also want to examine items recovered at a home near the Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s residence that had been burglarized.
All of this was around the time that Laci Peterson disappeared in December of 2002.
Tuesday's brief status conference hearing focused on scheduling future hearings. A hearing on a motion to seal proceedings will take place on April 16. Another hearing on the DNA motions was scheduled for May 29. Another hearing about discovery proceedings will take place on July 15. Peterson will attend each of the hearings by Zoom from Mule Creek State Prison.
Scott Peterson was found guilty in a San Mateo Court after the remains of Laci and her unborn son Conner were found in the San Francisco Bay in 2003.
Peterson told investigators he had gone to fish in Berkeley, a few miles from where the remains ended up surfacing.
In December,. Peterson alleged the resulting trial that gripped the world was tainted by a rogue juror who lied about her own history of abuse to get on the panel that initially sent him to death row.
Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo found there was not evidence to support the defense claim that Juror No. 7, Richelle Nice, committed misconduct during jury selection.