State Supreme Court To Hear Scott Peterson’s Death Sentence Appeal

[Elderberry]

KPIX5 6/2/2020

More than 15 years after the Christmas Eve murder of pregnant Modesto schoolteacher Laci Peterson grabbed national headlines, Scott Peterson’s attorney will ask the California Supreme Court Tuesday to reverse his death sentence, claiming the media attention did not allow him a fair trial.

Peterson will not take part in hearing that will be held by video conferencing because of the COVID-19 outbreak. You can watch it live here starting at 1:30 p.m.

Since his November 12, 2004, Peterson has been housed on death row at San Quentin prison. After a highly publicized trial, a San Mateo County jury convicted him of first degree murder for his wife’s death and second degree murder of his unborn son, Conner.

Peterson’s attorney, noted death penalty lawyer Cliff Gardner, will argue the case before the state’s high court. Gardner filed the 423-page document with the court in July 2012 appealing the conviction.

More: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/06/02/scott-peterson-murder-conviction-death-sentence-laci-peterson-state-supreme-court/

[PeteS in CA]

If his trial had been fair and just, his sentence would have been to a life of snorkel-fishing in deep water for dungeness crab, wearing 100 lb. diving boots.