Why Did The Innocence Project Take Scott Peterson’s Case?
Scott Peterson is back in the news again thanks to the new documentary, American Murder: Laci Peterson. This new documentary hit Netflix on August 14, and it has new eyes on Scott’s conviction and the trial surrounding the tragic deaths of his wife and son.
However, there are now calls for Scott’s case to be taken up again, and The Innocence Project might be getting involved. Here is what we know.
What Is Happening With Scott Peterson’s Case?
With the new documentary and fresh interviews with Scott Peterson about the deaths of his wife and unborn child, there is a new attempt to look into his conviction. The Innocence Project is getting involved in seeing if there might be more to the murder conviction than meets the eye.
“The Innocence Project is going to start from the ground up, and they’re going to look at the case as to whether there’s any alternative theories as to what happened to Laci and Conner Peterson,” legal analyst Steven Clark said (via NBC Bay Area).
Scott Peterson was found guilty and sentenced to death in 2005. However, in 2020, the verdict was overturned, and he received life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Despite the guilty verdict, there are still people who believe he is innocent. Over 20 years later, he says he didn’t kill his wife, and the killer is still out there.
American Murder: Laci Peterson has brought it back into the public eye. The Innocence Project taking attention to look into the case and see if there is a chance an innocent man is in prison and a murderer has been allowed to walk free.
Who Is Scott Peterson?
Scott Peterson was born in 1972, and he met Laci Denise Peterson when he was at Cal Tech. After dating for two years, Scott married Laci in 1997. In 2002, Laci became pregnant, but Scott began cheating on her with a massage therapist before the baby was born.
Laci disappeared on Christmas Eve 2002 while she was eight months pregnant. Scott told police she was home when he left to play golf that morning. However, police soon learned he had driven to Berkeley Marina, almost 90 miles away that day. He said he was going fishing.
In 2003, the woman he had cheated on Laci with came forward and admitted to the affair. She says Scott told her at the time that his wife had died. Three months later, Laci’s dead body washed up on shore near where Scott went fishing the day she disappeared.
Police arrested Scott in April 2003, and the jury found him guilty in November 2004. The Innocence Project said they will investigate the burglary that occurred across the street and a van that was burned near Laci’s home.
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