The Briefing Room
State Chapters => California => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 24, 2020, 08:09:23 pm
-
Scott Peterson's death sentence in murder of pregnant wife overturned by California Supreme Court
Laci Peterson and their unborn son, Conner, were killed over 15 years ago
By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News
The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the death penalty sentence for Scott Peterson, convicted in the Christmas Eve murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner.
The court's decision came more than 15 years after Laci, a Modesto, Calif., school teacher, was killed. Investigators said Peterson dumped his wife's body from his fishing boat into the San Francisco Bay in 2002. The bodies of Laci and Conner surfaced months later.
While the murder conviction against Peterson stayed in place, the court ordered a new penalty phase trial.
(https://media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2017/12/15/694940094001_5681942753001_5681908935001-vs.jpg)
"Peterson contends his trial was flawed for multiple reasons, beginning with the unusual amount of pretrial publicity that surrounded the case," the court found. "We reject Peterson's claim that he received an unfair trial as to guilt and thus affirm his convictions for murder."
more
https://www.foxnews.com/us/scott-petersons-death-sentence-in-murder-of-pregnant-wife-overturned-by-california-supreme-court (https://www.foxnews.com/us/scott-petersons-death-sentence-in-murder-of-pregnant-wife-overturned-by-california-supreme-court)
-
When was the last time any convicted murderer was executed in California? I hope no one was waiting for it to happen to this guy.
-
This ruling will have no bearing whatsoever as to how or when Peterson dies in California.
-
The bodies of Laci and Conner surfaced months later.
Say WHAT??????
Is someone trying to tell me there are no hungry fish or crabs in the ocean,and that rotten meat won't just rot away and disappear due to tidal pull over a period of months?
Somebody pull my finger.
-
California once recalled SC Justice Rose Bird, and once recalled Gov. Gray Davis.
Perhaps coming to your state.