Scott Peterson March 2024. He was convicted in 2004 and sentenced to. A man convicted of killing his wife and unborn child twenty years ago in california is back in court today, after claims that new evidence proves his innocence.

After lawyers argued for new dna testing in the murder case against scott peterson, a california judge ruled wednesday that only retesting of dna on duct tape. A jury of six men and six women delivered the verdict 23 months after laci peterson disappeared on christmas eve from modesto, california.