{"id":227201,"date":"2024-05-29T16:28:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/scott-peterson-hearing-to-focus-on-dna-testing\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:28:15","slug":"scott-peterson-hearing-to-focus-on-dna-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/scott-peterson-hearing-to-focus-on-dna-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Peterson hearing to focus on DNA testing"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Scott Peterson hearing to focus on DNA testing of items gathered during original murder investigation<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tALL RIGHT, A LOT OF RED. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH, BRIAN. HAPPENING IN JUST AN HOUR. ATTORNEYS FOR CONVICTED KILLER SCOTT PETERSON WILL BE BACK IN COURT AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR QUEST TO REOPEN HIS CASE. SO A JURY CONVICTED PETERSON NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO OF MURDERING HIS WIFE, LACI, AND THEIR UNBORN CHILD ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN 2002. KCRA 3\u2019S MICHELLE BANDUR IS HEADED TO THE COURTROOM NOW AND JOINS US LIVE OVER THE PHONE. SO, MICHELLE, YOU\u2019VE COVERED A NUMBER OF THESE HEARINGS. EXPLAIN HOW SCOTT PETERSON\u2019S LAWYERS ARE TRYING TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE TODAY. WELL, GOOD MORNING BRANDI. YES, WE JUST ARRIVED IN REDWOOD CITY AND WE ARE OUTSIDE THE SAN MATEO COUNTY COURT. COURT WILL START IN ABOUT AN HOUR. AND AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE\u2019VE HAD A COUPLE HEARINGS BEFORE TODAY\u2019S WHERE THEY\u2019VE JUST BEEN PROCEDURAL HEARINGS GOING OVER SCHEDULES AND MOTIONS, BUT TODAY IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY A PRETTY IMPORTANT HEARING. THIS IS WHERE THE DEFENSE WITH THE LA INNOCENCE PROJECT TOOK UP HIS CASE. AND IN JANUARY. AND IT\u2019S A DNA HEARING. BASICALLY THE DEFENSE IS TRYING TO GET CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WERE IN EVIDENCE 20 YEARS AGO TESTED FOR DNA OR RETESTED BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES. SO TODAY WE\u2019RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY THE DEFENSE THINKS THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS ARE IMPORTANT. AND WHY THEY SHOULD BE TESTED. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL IN THE HOPES FOR SCOTT PETERSON. HE WANTS A NEW TRIAL. HE\u2019S BEEN DECLARING HIS INNOCENCE THE WHOLE TIME. SO THIS IS JUST WOULD BE ONE STEP IN TRYING TO GET A NEW TRIAL FOR PETERSON. AND IT\u2019S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW. IT\u2019S A CASE THAT CAPTIVATED THE NATION WHEN IT INITIALLY HAPPENED. MICHELLE, ANYTHING PARTICULARLY THAT YOU HAVE NOTICED SINCE YOU\u2019VE BEEN IN THESE HEARINGS BEFORE? WELL, WELL, LIKE YOU SAID, IT\u2019S CAPTIVATED THE THE WORLD REALLY. AND THERE\u2019S PRETTY MUCH MORE MEDIA HERE THAN THERE ARE COURTROOM OBSERVERS. UM, IN THERE IN THE COURTROOM, HE, SCOTT PETERSON HIMSELF IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE AT THE MULE CREEK STATE PRISON, AND HE\u2019S APPEARING VIRTUALLY BY ZOOM. SO HE\u2019S HE\u2019S POLITE, YOU KNOW, HE RESPONDS TO THE JUDGE\u2019S QUESTIONS, AND HE APPEARS AS THOUGH HE\u2019S LISTENING ATTENTIVELY TO THE PROCEEDING. BUT YEAH, I THINK TODAY IS THE ONE WE\u2019RE REALLY GOING TO WANT TO WATCH, BECAUSE THIS IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN EVIDENCE THAT WAS FOUND AND WONDERING IF THEY WOULD FIND LACI PETERSON\u2019S DNA ON ANY OF THESE, ANY OF THIS, THESE ITEMS, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TARP FOUND IN THE BAY ABOUT 20FT SOUTH OF WHERE LACI\u2019S REMAINS WERE FOUND. UM, THE THE DEFENSE WANTS A PLASTIC BAG THAT WAS ALSO FOUND IN THE BAY AREA WHERE HER REMAINS AND CONNER\u2019S REMAINS WERE FOUND. THEY WANT THAT TESTED. THERE\u2019S ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BURNED OUT VAN THAT WAS FOUND MODESTO NEIGHBORHOOD AND A BLOOD STAINED MATTRESS. THEY WANT TESTING DONE ON THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY\u2019RE THEY\u2019RE ALL SAYING THAT THEY BELIEVE LACI WAS THE DEFENSE IS SAYING LACI WAS ALIVE WHEN SCOTT PETERSON WENT FISHING THAT CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING. AND THEY BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL CONNECTED, OF COURSE, AND WANT THAT TESTING DONE SO THEY CAN GET THAT NEW, NEW TRIAL FORUM ALL RIGHT, MICHELLE, WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO COVERING THIS FOR US. AND FOLKS AT HOME. MICHELLE WILL BE IN COURT ALL MORNING. SHE\u2019LL HAVE UPDATES BOTH ON AIR AND ON THE KCRA THREE APP FOR THE VERY LATEST SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. EVEN WHEN WE\u2019RE NOT LIVE ON AIR, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TH\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Scott Peterson hearing to focus on DNA testing of items gathered during original murder investigation<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tConvicted killer Scott Peterson will be back in a San Mateo, California, courtroom on Wednesday as he continues his legal fight to overturn his murder conviction. A jury convicted Peterson nearly 20 years ago of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son Conner on Christmas Eve in 2002. Peterson\u2019s new team of lawyers with the LA Innocence Project are requesting that items gathered during the original murder investigation undergo DNA testing. That includes articles in evidence that were never tested \u2013 a bloody mattress found inside a burned-out van found near the Petersons’ Modesto home, a tarp found in the San Francisco Bay 20 feet from where Laci\u2019s remains were discovered, as well as a plastic bag found in the same area and duct tape and twine found on the remains of Laci\u2019s fetus. See photos of these items below: The prosecution argues there is no need for DNA testing as other evidence led to Peterson’s conviction. They also argue that Laci\u2019s family deserves closure and that the case should not be reopened.Peterson will appear virtually from the Mule Creek State Prison where he is serving a life sentence. A judge overturned Peterson\u2019s death sentence in 2020.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Convicted killer Scott Peterson will be back in a San Mateo, California, courtroom on Wednesday as he continues his legal fight to overturn his murder conviction. <\/p>\n

A jury convicted Peterson nearly 20 years ago of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son Conner on Christmas Eve in 2002. <\/p>\n

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Peterson\u2019s new team of lawyers with the LA Innocence Project<\/a> are requesting that items gathered during the original murder investigation undergo DNA testing. <\/p>\n

That includes articles in evidence that were never tested \u2013 a bloody mattress found inside a burned-out van found near the Petersons’ Modesto home, a tarp found in the San Francisco Bay 20 feet from where Laci\u2019s remains were discovered, as well as a plastic bag found in the same area and duct tape and twine found on the remains of Laci\u2019s fetus. <\/p>\n

See photos of these items below: <\/em><\/p>\n

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The prosecution argues there is no need for DNA testing as other evidence led to Peterson’s conviction. They also argue that Laci\u2019s family deserves closure and that the case should not be reopened.<\/p>\n

Peterson will appear virtually from the Mule Creek State Prison where he is serving a life sentence. <\/p>\n

A judge overturned Peterson\u2019s death sentence in 2020. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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