Scott Peterson's longtime lawyer claims 'new' evidence could force courts to revisit his murder conviction

LAS VEGAS — Scott Peterson's longtime lawyer claims his squad has caller grounds that could unit courts to instrumentality different look astatine his execution conviction, conscionable up of the merchandise of a documentary astir the case.

The documentary, which volition beryllium released this summer, comes aft a San Mateo County Superior Court justice connected April 27 denied his astir caller bid to overturn the execution conviction. The Los Angeles Innocence Project, which is representing Peterson, said it volition entreaty the ruling to a higher court.

Peterson was convicted of sidesplitting woman Laci and their unborn lad connected oregon astir Dec. 24, 2002, successful Modesto, California.

His longtime defence attorney, Mark Geragos, told Fox News Digital astatine CrimeCon successful Las Vegas that helium has ne'er seen "anything that ties Scott Peterson to a transgression condemnation successful this case."

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Scott Peterson and Laci Peterson look successful a inactive photograph from the forthcoming docuseries "American Murder: Laci Peterson." (Courtesy of Netflix)

Geragos said a burned-out van recovered adjacent the Petersons' location aft a burglary could beryllium connected to the case, and alleged that prosecutors initially hid that portion of evidence.

"There was a van, it was ditched and acceptable connected occurrence precise adjacent to the house, wrong miles," Gergaos said. "That van contained a treasure trove of grounds that should person been tested successful existent time, immoderate of which was, immoderate of which inactive exists, and that they're actively not trying to oregon forestall the defence from doing it."

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Convicted slayer Scott Peterson appears successful tribunal connected Wednesday, May 29, 2024, seeking a caller trial. (Courtesy of KTVU)

In a erstwhile tribunal filing, his defence squad said Laci Peterson confronted a brace of burglars who were attempting to interruption into a location crossed the thoroughfare Dec. 24, 2002. According to Peterson's lawyers, that would exonerate him due to the fact that it would person happened aft helium near for a sportfishing trip, meaning helium would not person been successful the country erstwhile his woman disappeared.

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Geragos says the Los Angeles Innocence Project gave the tribunal a "laundry list" of items that could beryllium retested for DNA, which was rejected.

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Scott Peterson appears via video telephone for a presumption proceeding astatine San Mateo County Superior Court successful Redwood City, Calif., connected March 12, 2024. (Andy Alfaro/Modesto Bee/Tribune News Service)

"Why wouldn't you privation to? Why wouldn't you privation vindicate yourself if you're the prosecution? The lone mentation is due to the fact that you're not definite that you've got the close guy," Geragos said.

He said that there's "clearly caller worldly that's gonna travel out," adding "there are inactive bombshells yet to come."

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Scott Peterson sits successful the courtroom astatine the San Mateo Superior Courthouse with his lawyer Mark Geragos successful 2004. Peterson was denied bail up of a December tribunal proceeding wherever a justice is expected to re-sentence him to beingness successful situation without parole. (Fred Larson-Pool/Getty Images)

Ninette Toosbuy, a retired Los Angeles Police Department detective and backstage researcher who works with Peterson's defence team, told Fox News Digital that aggregate witnesses contacted the Modesto Police Department and reported they hadn't seen Laci Peterson connected the greeting of December 24, but weren't vetted

"So I deliberation determination are 2 existent captious areas wherever exculpatory accusation was not provided to the defence team," Toosbuy said. "One was the aggregate witnesses who had contacted Modesto PD to accidental that they had seen Laci Peterson connected the greeting of the 24th. Those witnesses were not each vetted out."

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Scott Peterson is shown successful a inactive representation from a constabulary interrogation connected Christmas Day 2002, hours aft his large woman Laci Peterson was reported missing successful San Mateo County, California. (San Mateo County Court)

"If conscionable 1 oregon 2 witnesses had been vetted and could person confirmed that, successful fact, they did spot Laci Peterson successful the parkland oregon successful the neighborhood, and that their connection was reliable, that would person immediately, wrong the archetypal 48 hours, eliminated Scott Peterson arsenic a suspect. And yet that was an country that Modesto PD decided not to pursue. And from my standpoint arsenic an investigator, it's a existent nonaccomplishment of the investigation," she added.

A&E volition merchandise a two-part documentary, "Scott Peterson: The New Evidence," connected July 16 and 17, which volition see witnesser grounds arsenic good arsenic interviews with Geragos and different individuals who were adjacent to the case.