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State Supreme Court To Hear Scott Peterson's Death Sentence Appeal

/ CBS Sacramento

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) — More than 15 years after the Christmas Eve murder of pregnant Modesto school teacher Laci Peterson grabbed national headlines, an attorney will ask the California Supreme Court Tuesday to reverse her husband Scott's death sentence because the national media attention did not allow him a fair trial.

Peterson will not take part in hearing that will be held by video conferencing because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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