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Scott Peterson appeared Thursday in California court forprosecutors and attorneys to find out that the convicted murderer he was killed in 2002 We debated each case as to whether it deserves a new trial in the 2016 murder case. his wife and unborn son.
Peterson, now 49, said at a Thursday morning hearing in connection with a possible retrial in the 20-year-old's case that he wore blue coronavirus his face his mask, handcuffs and prison supply. was wearing dark orange clothes. It sent shockwaves across the country: the murder of his wife, Lacy, and their unborn child, Connor. It stems from an attorney's argument. They allege Nice lied to the jury that convicted Peterson in 2004 and put him on death row for the murder of 27-year-old Lacey and the unborn child they were going to name Connor.
The California Supreme Court overturned Peterson's death sentence in 2020, telling Superior Court Judge Anne Christine Maslo that he was justified. ordered to determine whether he received a fair trial.
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In March, Massarlo submitted written arguments to Stanislaus County prosecutors and Peterson's attorneys by May 25, and briefs by June 9. ordered to reply.
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This May 11, 2018 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation photo shows Scott Peterson. A California judge will decide on Friday, November 13, 2020 whether Peterson will re-trial the murder of his wife and unborn child during his pregnancy. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, Files)
Nice was asked by the jury after two of his original jurors were dismissed. was an alternate juror who participated in the deliberations of A panel ultimately convicted Peterson in 2004 of first-degree murder for the death of his wife and second-degree murder for his unborn son. He was sentenced to death in his 2005.
This 13 December 2004, file photo, Juror number 7, Richelle Nice, gets her hair done as the jury speaks to the media at the former San Mateo County Courthouse in Redwood City, California. (AP Photo/Lou Dematteis, File)
Peterson's lawyers said, among other things, that Nice tried to be on the jury because she They also lied about her lack of prejudice to be on the jury, and lied again in an affidavit in 2020.
After a high-profile trial, on November 12, 2004, California fertilizer salesman Scott Peterson, 32, was convicted of murdering a pregnant woman on Christmas Eve 2002. rice field. his wife Lacey; (REUTERS/Lou Dematteis LD/MR)
Peterson's attorney said Nice called Connor a "little man" during jury deliberations. , they argue. She shows that she was prejudiced against her clients.
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And a former juror colleague testified in March 2004 that Nice walked into the jury room during deliberations, saying, "He basically killed'little man."
Scott Scott in Redwood City, California. Juror Richelle Nice (center) hugs attorney Gloria Allred at a press conference after Peterson's formal sentencing. March 16, 2005.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, files)
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She did not reveal at jury selection that she had sought a restraining order while pregnant.
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She Affidavit said in twenty years later that she "did not feel 'victimized' in the way the law defined the term".
AP Communications contributed to this report.
Stephanie Pagones is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.pagones@fox.com and her Twitter (@steph_pagones).
