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Los Angeles Innocence Project Takes Scott Peterson Case

Added 2024-01-19 05:51:20 +0000 UTC

Breaking news…the Los Angeles Innocence Project is taking Scott Peterson’s case. The Innocence Project famously only takes cases it believes it can win. The investigation is in its early stages reviewing documents and court records. They are said to be focusing on the burglary that occurred across the street from the Peterson’s home in Modesto, California.

According to Wikipedia: 43% of the Innocence Project’s clients were proven innocent, 42% were confirmed guilty, and evidence was inconclusive and not probative in 15% of cases.

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.

Thinking of Laci’s family tonight.

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