LA Innocence Project presents new evidence they say exonerates Scott Peterson
The Los Angeles Innocence Project has presented new evidence in an effort to overturn Scott Peterson's conviction.
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The Los Angeles Innocence Project has presented new evidence in an effort to overturn Scott Peterson's conviction.
Convicted killer Scott Peterson was hurt in an incident involving another person at Mule Creek State Prison over the weekend, officials say.
Another twist in Scott Peterson's ongoing fight to prove his innocence: a judge granted access to decades-old evidence.
The public's thirst for true-crime cases is likely behind the fascination with the 2002 murder of pregnant Laci Peterson and the 2004 conviction of her adulterous husband Scott, which are featured in two new documentary series.
Convicted murderer Scott Peterson is back in court on Tuesday in a new effort to prove his innocence.
Convicted murderer Scott Peterson is back in court on Tuesday in a new effort to prove his innocence.
A judge presiding over convicted killer Scott Peterson's latest bid for a new trial on Wednesday afternoon ruled that only one piece of evidence will be allowed a new round of DNA testing.
Scott Peterson appeared remotely in a San Francisco Bay Area courtroom again Tuesday morning in the first of three motion hearings in his bid to have his 2004 murder convictions overturned.
As one of California's most notorious convicted killers makes another push for a new trial, one former investigator said key evidence in the original case was not properly investigated.
Convicted killer Scott Peterson appeared in a San Mateo County courtroom Tuesday morning as he fights to overturn his 2004 conviction for the murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son.
Convicted murderer Scott Peterson appeared via Zoom from Mule Creek State Prison on Tuesday.
The LA Innocence Project is hoping a judge will allow them to bring additional evidence and DNA testing that could clear Peterson's name.
Twenty years after being convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son, Scott Peterson is getting a status hearing.
The request was filed in conjunction with Scott Peterson's motion for DNA testing to prove his innocence. He was convicted of killing his wife Laci and their unborn son in 2004.
A decades-old murder case that started with a missing, pregnant young woman in Modesto and ended with bodies found in the San Francisco Bay now has a new twist.
Mike Belmessieri was one of the 12 jurors who convicted Peterson of murder in 2004. He has been watching Peterson's request for an appeal, centered on a different juror, Rochelle Nice.
Convicted killer Scott Peterson will not be getting a new trial.
Convicted killer Scott Peterson will not be getting a new trial, a judge has decided.
The judge who will decide whether convicted Modesto murderer Scott Peterson will get a new trial will no longer hold a hearing to announce the decision.
The judge who will decide whether convicted Modesto murderer Scott Peterson will get a new trial will no longer hold a hearing to announce the decision.
A state judge is now considering if Peterson deserves a new trial after the justices separately said his jury may have been tainted by a biased juror.
A woman has been arrested after she allegedly stole the identities of convicted murderers Scott Peterson and Cary Stayner to steal more than $145,000 in fraudulent unemployment benefits.
A judge could decide as early as Thursday if convicted killer Scott Peterson will get a new trial.
A judge could decide as early as Thursday if convicted killer Scott Peterson will get a new trial.
Attorneys for Scott Peterson and "the People" have until Sept. 16 to submit memorandums in the case and from there, the San Mateo County Superior Court Judge has 90 days to issue a decision.
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