- Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife in 2004, will be re-sentenced.
- Peterson was sentenced to death in 2005, but the
California SupremeCourt tossed that out in 2020. - The guilty verdict will be upheld, and Peterson will be sentenced to life in prison.
A California judge ruled on Wednesday that Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife in 2004, must be re-sentenced for the
Peterson will be sentenced in November to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the judge ruled, $4.
Peterson was found guilty in 2004 of first-degree
In 2020, the California Supreme Court $4 but he had remained on death row ever since.
The court rejected Peterson's claim that he did not get a fair trial due to the media attention surrounding the case, but it conceded the trial judge "made a series of clear and significant errors in jury selection." Some potential jurors were dismissed because they personally objected to the death penalty but still would have imposed it, the AP reported.
"While a court may dismiss a prospective juror as unqualified to sit on a capital case if the juror's views on capital punishment would substantially impair his or her ability to follow the law, a juror may not be dismissed merely because he or she has expressed opposition to the death penalty as a general matter," the California Supreme Court justices said at the time.
Peterson's appellate attorney, Cliff Gardner, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
A court date has been set for October 6 to determine an exact date for Peterson's re-sentencing, KRON-TV reported.