Scott Peterson, the California man convicted of killing his wife and unborn child in a case that garnered national attention in 2004, appeared in court Tuesday in another attempt to launch a new trial—this time with the Los Angeles Innocence Project representing him.
Peterson’s lawyers have claimed they have new evidence that proves he didn’t murder Laci Peterson on Christmas Eve in 2022, but have stopped short of sharing publicly what exact evidence they have.
Peterson appeared virtually from a prison outside Sacramento at Tuesday’s hearing, the first court preceding to take place in his latest attempt to have his conviction thrown out. Defense attorneys and prosecutors attended the hearing in person at a courthouse in San Mateo County, between San Jose and San Francisco.
