Scott Peterson was resentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, nearly 17 years after he was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife and unborn son.
Nearly 20 years ago, Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son and was sentenced to death. Last year, his death sentence was overturned.Scott Peterson was resentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, nearly 17 years afterPeterson was convicted in November 2004 for killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, who was to be named Connor, on Christmas Eve in 2002.
Peterson was sentenced to death in March 2005 and had remained on death row up until last year when the California Supreme Court overturned his death sentence, citing that his jury was improperly screened for bias against the death penalty, according"Laci and Connor will always be dead and you will always be their murderer," said her mother Sharon Rocha.
Laci Peterson, who was 27 years old and eight months pregnant, disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002. The remains of her and her unborn son were found in the San Francisco Bay four months after she went missing. The bodies were identified several days after they were found. On that same day, Scott Peterson was arrested and charged. He pleaded not guilty.
Investigators later discovered that, at the time of his wife's disappearance, Peterson was having an affair with massage therapist Amber Frey. In an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer in 2003, Peterson admitted to having an affair, but denied the murders.
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