California Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Masulo said on Wednesday that she would like to hear new testimony from a juror accused of misconduct. The testimony is so serious that she may refuse to deny Scott Peterson’s 2002 murder. Fair trial for pregnant wife.
The two-week hearing of juror Richelle Nice is expected to be held on September 22, but due to the pandemic delay may be postponed until early next year, the hearing will determine whether Peterson is worthy of a new trial. Associated Press News.
The hearing will “understand what the juror’s information is,” said Deputy Stanislaus County District Attorney Dave Harris.
More than a year ago, the California Supreme Court, after noticing that Nice, who was identified in court documents as juror No. 7, had committed “biased misconduct” by failing to disclose the potential bias in the case, and ordered Masulo to consider Misconduct by jurors.
According to reports, Nice has a background of domestic abuse and requested a restraining order on her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend in 2000, fearing that she would harm her during pregnancy.
Peterson’s lawyer revealed in a court document in June that Nice was also beaten by her boyfriend when she was pregnant with her second child in 2001.
Nice denied being affected by her domestic abuse background, and stated in a court document that she did not “feel “victimized” as the law might define.” She also pointed out that she does not consider the restraining order to be a lawsuit.
Peterson, 48, was convicted of murdering his 27-year-old pregnant wife, Lachi, and is currently serving his sentence in San Quentin State Prison in California.
Convicted in 2004 and sentenced to death in 2005. Was overthrown last year and cannot be released on parole for life After the California Supreme Court found that the jury’s choice was “a major error.”
“We keep saying that Scott Peterson didn’t get a fair trial,” Peterson’s defense attorney Pat Harris, Tell today Thursday.
If a new trial is held, his lawyers said they will provide new evidence.
However, the state’s high court said last year that there was considerable circumstantial evidence that Peterson killed his pregnant wife.
