New Trial for Scott Peterson Rests on Testimony of Juror 'Strawberry Shortcake'
Lawyers for convicted killer Scott Peterson are ready to make a case for a new trial Friday as a key hearing gets underway.
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Lawyers for convicted killer Scott Peterson are ready to make a case for a new trial Friday as a key hearing gets underway.
A juror in Scott Peterson's two-decade-old murder trial will be granted immunity before testifying at a hearing that could determine whether a new trial is granted, authorities said.
Amber Frey, a pivotal witness at the 2004 Scott Peterson murder trial, renewed her pledge Thursday to testify again if he is awarded a new trial because of jury misconduct.
Under the glaring eyes of Laci Peterson's family, convicted killer Scott Peterson was resentenced by a San Mateo County Superior Court judge to life in prison without parole in the 2002 slaying of his wife and the couple's unborn son, Connor.
The last time Scott Peterson sat inside a San Mateo County courtroom, he heard a judge sentence him to death for the Christmas Eve 2002 murder of his wife, Laci, and the couple's unborn child.
Scott Peterson, whose death sentence for murder of his wife Laci and the couple's unborn child has been overturned, has been transferred from San Quentin's Death Row to San Mateo County jail to await a hearing next week on his resentencing.
A San Mateo County judge on Wednesday ruled that Scott Peterson -- who has been on San Quentin's Death Row since his 2004 conviction for the Christmas Eve murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn child -- will be re-sentenced to serve life in prison without parole.
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.
The Stanislaus County District Attorney will not attempt to retry the penalty phase of Scott Peterson's trial seeking the death penalty, according to court documents filed on Friday.
A former Modesto police detective says nothing has changed in his mind in the years since Scott Peterson was convicted by a San Mateo County jury of killing his pregnant wife, Laci, and the couple's unborn son, Connor, in 2004.
Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for the murder of his pregnant wife Laci and their unborn child in 2005, but after appeals, his death sentence was overturned and he could soon get a new trial.
If convicted killer Scott Peterson is awarded a new trial, the star witness in the case nearly 20 years ago, Amber Frey, is again ready to take the stand, according to her attorney.
A judge on Thursday continued until late April a status hearing in the renewed penalty phase of the 2004 murder trial of Scott Peterson.
Prosecutors believe more than $140 million in state benefits have been paid out to California prisoners. This comes on the heels of another big problem with unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
A California prosecutor says someone has filed an unemployment claim in the name of convicted murderer Scott Peterson.
A judge ruled Friday that convicted murderer Scott Peterson will stay at San Quentin instead of being transferred to the San Mateo County Jail for a possible retrial.
Convicted murderer Scott Peterson made a remote appearance in San Mateo County Superior Court on Friday as he moved closer to a possible retrial of his case.
Prosecutors in Stanislaus County confirmed Friday they plan to retry the penalty phase of the Scott Peterson murder trial.
The lawyer who represented convicted murderer Scott Peterson during his 2004 trial on Thursday said he recognized the danger of what he called "stealth jurors" during the high-profile case during an exclusive interview with KPIX.
According to published reports, the case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson -- who was convicted of killing his wife Laci and their unborn son -- will be reexamined in a San Mateo County court due to a potential issue with a juror.
More than 15 years after the Christmas Eve murder of pregnant Modesto schoolteacher Laci Peterson grabbed national headlines, the California Supreme Court tossed out the death sentence of her husband, Scott Peterson, and ordered a new penalty phase trial.
More than 15 years after the Christmas Eve murder of pregnant Modesto schoolteacher Laci Peterson grabbed national headlines, Scott Peterson's attorney will ask the California Supreme Court Tuesday to reverse his death sentence, claiming the media attention did not allow him a fair trial.
The clock stopped ticking Wednesday for more than 730 inmates housed on San Quentin's Death Row including Scott Peterson, Richard Allen Davis and Cary Stayner after Gov. Gavin Newsom officially signed a moratorium on executions.
It was a simple sentence posted on the door to San Quentin Prison's death chamber, but its impact sparked a debate across California and the nation.
The California Supreme Court on Monday tossed out the death sentence of a man convicted of murdering rock guitarist Dave Navarro's mother and her friend nearly 30 years ago - a ruling that could affect the cases of Scott Peterson and other death row inmates.
