Los Angeles Innocence Project representing Scott Peterson, man convicted of killing pregnant wife
The Los Angeles Innocence Project is now representing Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murder in 2004 in the deaths of his wife and their unborn son, the group said Thursday.
The nonprofit organization, which works to exonerate people who are wrongly convicted and incarcerated, said it is investigating Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트claim of actual innocence.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Peterson, now 51, was sentenced to death in 2005 after his conviction in the murders of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner.
Peterson reported his wife missing from the couple바카라 게임 웹사이트s Modesto, California, home in December 2002. Laci Peterson was seven months pregnant when she disappeared. In April 2003, the bodies of Laci and Conner were found separately washed up in San Francisco Bay, police said.
In 2020, the California Supreme Court overturned Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s death sentence after finding that potential jurors were erroneously dismissed, partly because they expressed general objections to the death penalty on a questionnaire.
But the state바카라 게임 웹사이트s high court upheld the convictions, finding the trial itself was fair. In 2021, Peterson was resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In April 2023, Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s attorneys filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in which they alleged 바카라 게임 웹사이트violations of state and federal constitutional rights and state statutory rights, including 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a claim of actual innocence that is supported by newly discovered evidence,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the Los Angeles Innocence Project said in a motion for post-conviction discovery filed Wednesday.
The filing requests evidence and documents from the investigation be turned over to Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s attorneys.
바카라 게임 웹사이트In the course of LAIP바카라 게임 웹사이트s review and after some preliminary investigation, it became apparent to me that numerous items referred to throughout the police reports in Mr. Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s case were not included in the discovery that was provided to the defense at the time of trial,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Paula Mitchell, director of the Los Angeles Innocence Project said in the filing.
The organization has taken the case because the overturning of Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s death sentence meant he no longer qualified for a court-appointed attorney for habeas proceedings, Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s former attorney Cliff Gardner told CNN.
CNN바카라 게임 웹사이트s Aya Elamroussi and Jean Casarez contributed to this report.