Prosecutors have asked a California court to block new DNA testing of disputed evidence in the 2002 murders of pregnant Modesto woman Laci Peterson and her unborn son Connor. I requested them to do so. This could create a central hurdle in the latest appeal of her husband, convicted murderer Scott Peterson.
The Los Angeles Innocence Project covered Peterson’s case in January.
Lawyers say a mattress found in a burned-out car near the home he shared with Laci Peterson in 2002 suggests another person was responsible for the murders of the 27-year-old and the couple’s unborn son, Connor. It is argued that this may indicate that the
Defense attorney Scott Peterson drops motion to seal for new trial after prosecutors point out most of files are public
Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife Lacey and their unborn son Connor in 2005, will appear remotely in his appeals court on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Peterson’s latest attempt to have his conviction overturned has the backing of the Los Angeles Innocence Institute. project. (KTVU/Pool)
New appeal depends on cutting-edge practices DNA test Move the mattress and hammer using modern technology.
The Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office, which successfully prosecuted Peterson during his trial, filed a motion Monday opposing the new tests, noting that tests conducted in 2013 and 2019 were ineffective. He pointed to a series of lies exposed during Mr. Peterson’s first trial. Up to ABC7, local news station.
Scott Peterson case covered by Los Angeles Innocence Project, investigating claims of ‘actual innocence’
This undated photo shows Lacey Peterson. She was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in December 2002. Her husband Scott was later convicted of her murder and the murder of her unborn son Connor. (Getty Images)
A call to the district attorney’s office Thursday afternoon went unanswered.
But the lengthy filing argues that overwhelming evidence pointing to Peterson’s guilt had already been revealed during the trial.
Police arrested her near the Mexican border in 2003 after she bleached her hair blonde and left Northern California with her brother’s passport and $10,000 in cash.
A photo provided as part of a courtroom exhibit from the Scott Peterson trial shows Peterson and Amber Frey together. (Exhibition of people)
Timeline: Laci Peterson Incident
Amber Frey, a woman with whom he had an affair, testified that he told her his wife had died a month before he disappeared.
In a recorded call, he told her he didn’t want to be a father and was considering a vasectomy. And his alibi that she was fishing when her wife disappeared placed him in the same body of water where his wife’s body was later found.
Peterson has long suggested that suspects in a 2002 robbery at the Medina home across the street from where he lived with his wife may have killed her, but prosecutors have said the break-in meant she had already disappeared. Said it happened after.
Scott Peterson was brought to Stanislaus County Superior Court for arraignment in the April 21, 2003 deaths of his wife, Lacey Peterson, and their unborn son, Connor, in Modesto, California. Peterson, who claims his pregnant wife Lacey mysteriously disappeared from her home while walking her dog, faces two counts of premeditated murder for killing her and her unborn child. was convicted of one crime. (Reuters/Pool/Ted Benson)
Scott Peterson, who killed his pregnant wife, makes a new appearance in court in latest bid for freedom
lawyer Los Angeles Innocence Project They are seeking new DNA evidence for a hammer linked to the robbery across the street from the Petersons’ home and a soiled mattress found in a burnt-out van parked less than a mile away.
Although Mr. Peterson has always maintained his innocence, he is currently serving a life sentence in prison after a judge overturned his death sentence in an earlier appeal.
Scott Peterson listens to prosecutors during his trial for the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, on January 4, 2004 in Modesto, California. (Bert Are You/Modesto Bee/Tribune News Service)
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His attempt to get a new trial was later denied.
The judge previously scheduled a hearing on the DNA issue for May 29.
