California Judge Rejects New Murder Trial for Scott Peterson

California Judge Rejects New Murder Trial for Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson listens during a hearing to determine whether he gets a new trial for the 2002 murder of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and unborn son because of juror misconduct at the San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., on Feb. 25, 2022. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo, Pool
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LOS ANGELES—A California judge on Tuesday rejected a new murder trial for Scott Peterson, nearly 20 years after he was charged with dumping the bodies of his pregnant wife, Laci, and the unborn child they planned to name Conner into San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve 2002.

Peterson, 50, alleged the resulting trial that gripped the world was tainted by a rogue juror who lied about her own history of abuse to get on the panel that initially sent him to death row.