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LA Innocence Project files petition to overturn Scott Peterson's conviction, claims new evidence

LA Innocence Project files petition to overturn Scott Peterson's conviction, claims new evidence
THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT 430. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE OF SCOTT PETERSON. HE바카라 게임 웹사이트S CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE, LACI AND THEIR UNBORN SON MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO. KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES. LYSEE MITRI WITH THE EVIDENCE, PETERSON바카라 게임 웹사이트S TEAM CLAIMS PROVES HE바카라 게임 웹사이트S INNOCENT. KURTIS. THE LOS ANGELES INNOCENCE PROJECT IS BACKING PETERSON. THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE KEY EVIDENCE THAT WAS WITHHELD FROM JURORS DURING PETERSON바카라 게임 웹사이트S TRIAL, AND THE GROUP SAYS IF JURORS HAD SEEN THAT EVIDENCE, THEY MAY NOT HAVE CONVICTED HIM. LACI PETERSON WENT MISSING FROM HER MODESTO HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE BACK IN 2002, AND THIS CASE GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION. THE BODIES OF LACI AND HER UNBORN SON, CONNER, WERE FOUND MONTHS LATER ALONG THE SHORELINE IN RICHMOND. HER HUSBAND, SCOTT PETERSON, CLAIMED HE HAD GONE FISHING ON THE DAY LACI DISAPPEARED, AND HE HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THAT HE바카라 게임 웹사이트S INNOCENT. NOW, PETERSON바카라 게임 웹사이트S TEAM HAS BEEN CLAIMING LACY바카라 게임 웹사이트S MURDER COULD HAVE BEEN LINKED TO A HOME BURGLARY, THAT SHE MAY HAVE STUMBLED ON WHILE WALKING HER DOG. IN THIS NEW COURT FILING. THEY SAY THEY HAVE PROOF THE BURGLARY ACTUALLY HAPPENED THE SAME DAY THAT LACI WENT MISSING. THEY ALSO SAY EVIDENCE LINKS THOSE BURGLARS TO A VAN THAT WAS SET ON FIRE NEARBY, JUST HOURS AFTER LACI WENT MISSING. BUT DESPITE THE TIMING AND PROXIMITY OF THOSE CASES, THEY SAY POLICE NEVER ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED IF THEY MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO LACY바카라 게임 웹사이트S MURDER. THE LA INNOCENCE PROJECT ARGUES ALL OF THIS SHOWS PETERSON WAS DENIED HIS RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE STANISLAUS COUNTY DA바카라 게임 웹사이트S OFFICE FOR COMMENT AS WELL, BUT AT THE TIME THEY HAD NOT SEEN THIS COURT FILING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PETERSON WAS ORIGINALLY SENTENCED TO DEATH WHEN THE JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF MURDER, BUT THAT SENTENCE WAS LATER OVERTURNED AND H
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LA Innocence Project files petition to overturn Scott Peterson's conviction, claims new evidence
The Los Angeles Innocence Project claims they have key evidence that was withheld from jurors during Scott Peterson's murder trial.The group says that if the jurors had seen that evidence, they may not have convicted him.Laci Peterson went missing from her Modesto, California, home on Christmas Eve back in 2002, in a case that got national attention. The bodies of Laci and her unborn son, Conner, were found months later along the shoreline in Richmond.Her husband, Scott Peterson, claimed he had gone fishing on the day Laci disappeared, and he has repeatedly said he바카라 게임 웹사이트s innocent. Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s team has been claiming Laci바카라 게임 웹사이트s murder could have been linked to a home burglary that she may have stumbled on while walking her dog. In the new filing for a writ of habeas corpus with the California Court of Appeals for the First District, Peterson's team says they have proof that the burglary happened the same day Laci went missing. They also say evidence links those burglars to a van that was set on fire nearby just hours after Laci went missing.Despite the timing and proximity of these crimes, they say police never investigated whether the three crimes were related.The LA Innocence Project argues that this all shows Peterson was denied his right to a fair trial.Sacramento sister station KCRA reached out to the Stanislaus County DA바카라 게임 웹사이트s office for comment, but at the time, they hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트t seen the filing yet. Peterson was originally sentenced to death when the jury found him guilty of murder. That sentence was later overturned, and he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.The LA Innocence Project took up the case in January 2024 and requested that items gathered during the original murder investigation undergo DNA testing.In May, a judge denied testing for 13 items that the defense requested. The one piece of testing she cleared to be tested was for a piece of duct tape found on Laci바카라 게임 웹사이트s pants after her body was pulled from the San Francisco Bay._______KCRA's Daniel Macht contributed to this story.

The Los Angeles Innocence Project claims they have key evidence that was withheld from jurors during Scott Peterson's murder trial.

The group says that if the jurors had seen that evidence, they may not have convicted him.

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Laci Peterson went missing from her Modesto, California, home on Christmas Eve back in 2002, in a case that got national attention. The bodies of Laci and her unborn son, Conner, were found months later along the shoreline in Richmond.

Her husband, Scott Peterson, claimed he had gone fishing on the day Laci disappeared, and he has repeatedly said he바카라 게임 웹사이트s innocent.

Peterson바카라 게임 웹사이트s team has been claiming Laci바카라 게임 웹사이트s murder could have been linked to a home burglary that she may have stumbled on while walking her dog.

In the new filing for a writ of habeas corpus with the California Court of Appeals for the First District, Peterson's team says they have proof that the burglary happened the same day Laci went missing. They also say evidence links those burglars to a van that was set on fire nearby just hours after Laci went missing.

Despite the timing and proximity of these crimes, they say police never investigated whether the three crimes were related.

The LA Innocence Project argues that this all shows Peterson was denied his right to a fair trial.

Sacramento sister station KCRA reached out to the Stanislaus County DA바카라 게임 웹사이트s office for comment, but at the time, they hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트t seen the filing yet.

Peterson was originally sentenced to death when the jury found him guilty of murder. That sentence was later overturned, and he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

The LA Innocence Project took up the case in January 2024 and requested that items gathered during the original murder investigation undergo DNA testing.

In May, a judge denied testing for 13 items that the defense requested. The one piece of testing she cleared to be tested was for a piece of duct tape found on Laci바카라 게임 웹사이트s pants after her body was pulled from the San Francisco Bay.

_______

KCRA's Daniel Macht contributed to this story.