SAN FRANCISCO (Court TV) — Attorneys for convicted killer Scott Peterson are pledging to file another appeal after their latest petition was shut down by a California appeals court.
Scott Peterson appears at a status hearing on March 12, 2024 via Zoom from Mule Creek State Prison in California. (Court TV)
Scott Peterson, 53, was convicted of murder in the deaths of his wife, Laci Peterson, 27, and their unborn son, Conner. Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant when she disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002; their bodies weren’t discovered for months, until April 2003. Conner’s body was found by people walking their dog in a park; the next day, a human torso was found approximately one mile away.
Scott Peterson maintained his innocence after his arrest and at trial; he was convicted and initially sentenced to death. That death sentence was overturned by the California Supreme Court in 2020 after finding that the penalty was unconstitutional for procedural reasons. He is now serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole…