California judge to decide on Scott Peterson's new sentencing date, as defense still pushes for new trial
Fox News
California’s San Mateo Superior Court is scheduled to have a hearing Wednesday to determine the date for the resentencing of Scott Peterson in the 2002 murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son.
Peterson had spent more than 15 years on Death Row before the California Supreme Court ultimately overturned his death sentence, downgrading it to life behind bars in August 2020, because jurors who personally disagreed with the death penalty but were willing to impose it were improperly dismissed. The high court maintained there was considerable circumstantial evidence incriminating him in the first-degree murder of Laci Peterson, 27, who was eight months pregnant, and the second-degree murder of the boy they planned to name Connor.
It’s unclear whether Peterson himself will participate in the hearing Wednesday. He appeared virtually from San Quentin State Prison on Aug. 25, as prosecutors and defense were present in the courtroom. Meanwhile, Scott Peterson's sister-in-law Janey Peterson said during an appearance on NBC’s "Today" show at the time that she found new evidence in the case that would prove Peterson’s innocence.