Final arguments expected to begin in Scott Peterson's bid for new trial
A judge could decide as early as today if convicted killer Scott Peterson will get a new trial.
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A judge could decide as early as today if convicted killer Scott Peterson will get a new trial.
Scott Peterson's Modesto home is back on the market for the fifth time in twenty years.
Prosecutors and lawyers for convicted murderer Scott Peterson will give closing arguments in late June before a California judge decides whether Peterson deserves a new trial in the slaying of his pregnant wife 20 years ago.
The former juror at the center of Scott Peterson's bid for a new trial in the murder of his pregnant wife walked into the jury room during deliberations in 2004 and blurted out "that he should basically pay for killing 'little man,' " a former fellow juror testified Tuesday.
Lawyers trying to overturn Scott Peterson's conviction in the sordid slaying of his pregnant wife 20 years ago completed their questioning Monday without shaking a former juror from her crucial testimony that she acted properly before and during his 2004 trial.
Scott Peterson's chance for a new trial hinges on whether a California juror who helped send him to prison in 2004 amid worldwide publicity was biased because she was a domestic violence victim.
Convicted killer Scott Peterson's chance for a new trial in the murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son 20 years ago hinges on whether a California juror who helped send him to prison in 2004 amid worldwide publicity was biased because she was a domestic violence victim.
A judge must now decide if Scott Peterson gets a new trial for the killings of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son in 2002.
The California Supreme Court ruled a year ago that Peterson's jury was improperly screened for bias against the death penalty.
A California judge said Wednesday that she plans to resentence Scott Peterson to life in prison Dec. 8 while she separately considers whether he receives a new trial in the 2002 murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son.
The judge in the Scott Person case just ruling that the convicted murderer be re-sentenced for the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci.
A California judge said Wednesday that she anticipates a two-week hearing early next year before she decides if Scott Peterson deserves a new trial in the 2002 death of his pregnant wife.
A courtroom conundrum could bring two of California's most notorious criminal cases into the same courtroom.
Lawyers for Paul Flores say Peterson and Smart knew each other while they both attended Cal Poly more than two decades ago. It's unclear when Peterson may testify, but the defense for Flores is making arrangements to transfer him to San Luis Obispo County from San Quentin.
A judge has ordered a hearing to see if convicted killer Scott Peterson deserves a new trial, over possible juror misconduct.
A woman who eagerly sought to be a juror in the murder trial of Scott Peterson and who voted to sentence him to death committed misconduct by not disclosing she had been a crime victim, defense attorneys said Friday in their bid for a new trial.
California prosecutors said Tuesday that they won't again seek the death penalty against Scott Peterson in the 2002 slaying of his pregnant wife even if he is granted a new trial based on juror misconduct.
After consulting with the family of Laci Peterson, prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty for convicted killer Scott Peterson after his sentence in the 2002 murder case was overturned last summer, court documents confirmed.
There's a push for a new trial with claims of new evidence nearly 20 years after Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife and unborn son. He was back in court this week to appeal his murder convictions and death sentence. His sister-in-law now says she has evidence that exonerates him.
Convicted killer Scott Peterson was back in court on Tuesday for a pair of hearings.
Convicted killer Scott Peterson made a quick virtual appearance in a San Mateo court on Thursday.
An unemployment claim has been filed in the name of convicted killer Scott Peterson - underscoring the fraud running rampant in California's prisons and jails, prosecutors say.
Almost 16 years to the day since he was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son, a court decided Scott Peterson will stay in state prison while he moves closer to a possible retrial of his case.
For the moment, convicted killer Scott Peterson will be staying put at San Quentin State Prison.
Convicted killer Scott Peterson made another court appearance Monday, his second in four days.
