The Los Angeles Innocence Project has revived the two-decade-old murder conviction of Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 in the deaths of his pregnant wife and unborn child. The case is expected to undergo months of forensics examinations and DNA testing.
Scott Peterson was convicted in 2004 in the deaths of 27-year-old Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant, and the couple's unborn child. The two-decade-old murder conviction of Scott Peterson was the focus of a court hearing Tuesday when the Los Angeles Innocence Project revived the case in a Northern California courtroom. Peterson, 51, appeared via live video feed from Mule Creek State Prison for the case status hearing.
The hearing is part of what's expected to be a lengthy process that will likely include months of forensics examinations by the Los Angeles Innocence Project, which has taken up the case two decades after LAIP works to exonerate wrongly convicted and incarcerated people through DNA testing and other scientific advances. "The Los Angeles Innocence Project filed motions in January asking the Court to order further discovery of evidence and allow new DNA testing to support our investigation into Mr. Peterson’s claim of actual innocence," director Paula Mitchell said in a statement. "Today’s hearing was just the first step in a long process.
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