Scott Peterson resentenced to life in prison

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FILE - In this July 29, 2004, record photo, Scott Peterson, center, with defence attorneys Mark Geragos, left, and Pat Harris listens to justice Alfred A. Delucchi successful a Redwood City, Calif., courtroom. Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo said Wednesday Oct. 6, 2021, that she plans to resentence Peterson to beingness successful situation connected Dec. 8, portion she separately considers whether helium receives a caller proceedings successful the 2002 murders of his large woman and unborn son. (Al Golub/The Modesto Bee via AP, Pool, File)

By: The Associated Press & Scripps National

Posted at 2:01 PM, Dec 08, 2021

and past updated 2021-12-08 15:01:37-05

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly 17 years aft being sentenced to die, Scott Peterson was resentenced to beingness without parole Wednesday during an affectional proceeding successful which household members of his slain large wife, Laci, called him retired for the sidesplitting successful 2002 and his evident deficiency of remorse.

The California Supreme Court ruled a twelvemonth agone that his assemblage was improperly screened for bias against the decease punishment successful a lawsuit that gripped the satellite past and since.

The tribunal ruled that 1 juror successful the lawsuit failed to disclose their anterior involvement with different ineligible proceedings, "including but not constricted to being the unfortunate of a crime."

Prosecutors opted to settee this clip for beingness without parole.

Scott Peterson was convicted of sidesplitting his woman and her unborn kid conscionable earlier Christmas successful 2002. Prosecutors accidental helium dumped Laci Peterson's assemblage successful the San Francisco bay.

The hunt for Laci Peterson and Scott Peterson's consequent proceedings was intimately followed successful the U.S. and worldwide. The assemblage of Laci Peterson and her unborn kid washed ashore separately successful 2003, and Scott Peterson was convicted of aggregate execution counts successful 2005.