California Supreme Court over turns Scott Petersen's death sentence

[koster]

California Supreme Court over turns Scott Petersen's death sentence, but the question for me is did he kill his wife and unborn baby.

"by: Associated Press
Posted: Aug 24, 2020 / 10:38 AM PDT / Updated: Aug 24, 2020 / 10:52 AM PDT

The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, but said prosecutors may try again for the same sentence if they wish in the high-profile case.

It upheld his 2004 murder conviction in the killing of Laci Peterson, 27, who was eight months pregnant with their unborn son, Connor. Investigators said that on Christmas Eve 2002, Peterson dumped the bodies from his fishing boat into San Francisco Bay, where they surfaced months later.

“Peterson contends his trial was flawed for multiple reasons, beginning with the unusual amount of pretrial publicity that surrounded the case. We reject Peterson’s claim that he received an unfair trial as to guilt and thus affirm his convictions for murder,” the court said.
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But it said the trial judge “made a series of clear and significant errors in jury selection that, under long-standing United States Supreme Court precedent, undermined Peterson’s right to an impartial jury at the penalty phase.”

It agreed with his argument that potential jurors were improperly dismissed from the jury pool after saying they personally disagreed with the death penalty but would be willing to follow the law and impose it.

Peterson, who is now 47, contended on appeal that he couldn’t get a fair trial because of the massive publicity that followed, although the proceedings were moved nearly 90 miles (145 kilometers) away from his Central Valley home of Modesto to San Mateo County, south of San Francisco.

He was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his wife and the second-degree murder of their unborn son."


https://ktla.com/news/california/califo ... -peterson/

[bill]

ah well ... there are still lots of murders on death row ... we can patiently wait

[TheButcher]

Amazing but that's how the justice system works, technicalities are part of the system for all.

[T.B.W]

A good lawyers can work miracles in court

[bill]

i'm surprised he hasn't been killed in prison yet

[TheButcher]

i'm surprised he hasn't been killed in prison yet

Hopefully for his sake he’s not in the general population

[BrasSmonkey]

the murder conviction stays in place. he did it

[jag]

Even better let him stay in there for life and suffernot get a quick out by lethal injection

[calista]

Has Peterson ever confessed to the murders?

[BrasSmonkey]

Has Peterson ever confessed to the murders?

why the hell would he do that??? that end appeals jeezus

[unicams]

what a scum bag

[bestfreeporn]

Not the first nor the last time verdicts get over turned for legal technicalities, it is what it is.

[Ricks-Cams]

FYI it is not that he is now an innocent man, he just got off the death sentence part of the penalty.

[born2bewild]

Fuck him he did it and got convicted of the crimes.