EKO HOT BLOG reports that Scott Peterson, a California man convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and unborn baby in 2002, is scheduled to receive a second life term in a California superior court on Wednesday at his resentencing hearing.
Before his hearing on Wednesday, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo issued an order transferring Peterson, 49, from death row at San Quentin Prison to the San Mateo County Jail on Nov. 23.
Laci Peterson’s family will meet her suspected killer for the first time in 17 years on Wednesday, following his 2004 trial. Laci Peterson’s family members will be permitted to testify on her behalf in court, and friends have until Tuesday to submit written remarks.
Scott Peterson’s defense team has demanded a new trial after the Supreme Court overturned his life sentence in August 2020, citing juror misconduct.
Massullo scheduled the Wednesday regarding the defendant’s resentencing to life in prison and the defense’s request for a new trial.
Prosecutors say Scott Peterson murdered Laci Peterson and dumped her body in the San Francisco Bay from his fishing boat. Her body and the fetus of her unborn son washed ashore in April 2003. In the trial, prosecutors also pointed to Scott Peterson’s affair with massage therapist Amber Frey, who testified she did not know he was married.
Lara Yeretsian, an attorney on Peterson’s original defense team with Mark Geragos in 2005, previously told Fox News that it makes sense to schedule a hearing “to happen before any resentencing.”
“Once the court makes a determination, it also helps us to decide if there’s a need for a resentencing or not. If she decides he deserves a new trial, there’s no point in resentencing. Technically, the conviction is vacated,” she said.
The hearing comes amid new evidence in Peterson’s case that his defense team argues will prove his innocence.
“I didn’t think he would be convicted the first time around. I really believe in Scott’s innocence based on the evidence I had seen during the first trial. I truly don’t believe he got a fair trial because of all the publicity and all of the emotions and visceral reactions of him having an affair,” she said.
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