Over 2 decades have passed since the murder of Lacy Peterson and her unborn child. A crime that her husband Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for in 2004.
Though the death penalty was overturned to life in prison in his case, he remains in prison to this day. Many feel justice was served, but others including some of Lacy Peterson’s own family believe Scott is innocent.
Laci Peterson, who was 27 years old and eight months pregnant, disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002. Her body was found in San Francisco Bay in April 2003.
The Los Angeles Innocence Project has taken up the notorious case of convicted wife killer Scott Peterson in new court filings, ABC News was first to report on Thursday. The group is seeking new evidence from the original trial.
Attorneys with the LA Innocence Project claimed that Scott Peterson's state and federal constitutional rights were violated, including a "claim of actual innocence that is supported by newly discovered evidence," according to the court filings.
"New evidence now supports Mr. Peterson's longstanding claim of innocence and raises many questions into who abducted and killed Laci and Conner Peterson," the filings state.
His attorneys are seeking dozens of items they say they could not locate after reviewing the trial files from his prior counsel "after a thorough search," according to the filings. The items include evidence from the investigations into a December 2002 burglary of a home across the street from the Petersons' in Modesto in Stanislaus County, Laci Peterson's missing Croton watch, and a van fire in the Airport District on Dec. 25, 2002, according to the filings. They are also seeking documents from interviews with several witnesses.
The new evidence along with a new trial could very well be on the horizon, though it would take a lot to reverse the verdict that many believe was forced by public opinion. Missing key pieces of the puzzle that were overlooked or just flat out ignored.
Though all of this cannot change the fact that Lacy Peterson and her unborn child is dead and that someone killed them.
Will the truth come out or has the truth already been laid before us?
We shall see…we shall see.
Comments