A new petition by Scott Peterson’s defense team aims to overturn his conviction and includes a 140-page declaration written by Peterson himself. This could mean Peterson would have to take the stand and be cross-examined.
The Peterson case again pierced into the public zeitgeist last year when the Los Angeles Innocence Project took it up . The LAIP, which has no affiliation with the Innocence Project , has pushed an alternate narrative surrounding Laci and Conner Peterson’s death that it says exonerates Peterson.
On April 24, LAIP submitted a petition in a state appeals court requesting to overturn Peterson’s conviction, alleging that new evidence and previously dismissed eyewitness testimony should grant him a new trial…