[This story previously aired on Dec. 18, 2021. It was updated on Dec. 21, 2024.]
In 2004, Scott Peterson was convicted and later sentenced to death for killing his pregnant wife Laci and dumping her body in the San Francisco Bay. There was a twist in the case.
In 2020, California’s highest court overturned Peterson’s death sentence. In December 2021, he was re-sentenced to life in prison without parole. Peterson’s supporters want him to be retried on all charges, and in 2024, the Los Angeles Innocence Project joined his fight for a new trial.several
“Scott did not get a fair trial,” Peterson’s sister-in-law, Janey Peterson, tells CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti.
Janey Peterson maintains police did not look hard enough at others or consider a connection to Laci’s death and a burglary that happened across the street from the Peterson’s home. “The wrong person’s in prison,” she says.