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Aug 31, 2021 · He spent nearly two decades on death row in a Northern California prison. But on August 24th, 2020, the California Supreme court voted to overturn his death sentence.
- Frances Dean
Aug 24, 2020 · California’s Supreme Court on Monday reversed the death sentence handed down to Scott Peterson for the 2002 deaths of his wife Laci and unborn son. The high court found that the trial...
Aug 24, 2020 · The California Supreme Court on Monday unanimously overturned the death penalty for Scott Peterson, who was convicted of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn son in 2002.
Aug 24, 2020 · SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the conviction but overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, and...
Aug 24, 2020 · The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the death penalty for Scott Peterson, who was found guilty in 2004 of killing his pregnant wife, Laci, in a notorious case that became...
Aug 25, 2020 · In an opinion authored by Justice Leondra Kruger (pictured), the court unanimously ruled that Peterson had been unconstitutionally sentenced to death as a result of “a series of clear and significant errors in jury selection that … undermined [his] right to an impartial jury at the penalty phase.”
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The Supreme Court overturned the death penalty for Scott Peterson, who was convicted of killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and the couple's unborn son, holding that the trial court made a series of clear and significant errors in jury selection that undermined Peterson's right to an impartial jury at the penalty phase.
