Scott Peterson, the man convicted of killing his pregnant wife Laci in 2002 in California, will not be getting a new trial anytime soon.
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo denied his request Tuesday, according to court documents.
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Peterson’s lawyers argued in their writ of habeas corpus that their client didn’t receive a fair trial because Richelle Nice, the woman known as “Juror number 7,” was biased.
She went on to co-write a book about her experience as a juror. Nice also wrote letters to Peterson in prison as she had become obsessed with the case.
However, Judge Massullo said Nice’s actions weren’t enough to prove the need for a new trial.
“The court finds that Juror No. 7’s letters, either by themselves or viewed against the entire record evidence, failed to demonstrate prejudice or actual bias on the part of Juror No. 7,” Massullo wrote.
The death of Laci Peterson captivated the nation after she disappeared in Modesto, California, in late 2002. Her body was found the following spring off the shore of San Francisco Bay. She was eight months pregnant at the time with a son the couple had planned to name Connor.
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Interest in the murders continued long after the trial wrapped up. In 2017, A&E Network debuted a six-part series on the couple’s life and her death.
Scott Peterson, 50, who spent years on death row was resentenced in 2021 to spend life in prison. He now has 120 days to submit new evidence in the case.
