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California prosecutors again seek death for Scott Peterson

by Don Thompson
| October 24, 2020 12:06 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California prosecutors said Friday they again will seek the death penalty for Scott Peterson even as a county judge considers throwing out his conviction for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, because of juror misconduct during a 2005 trial that riveted the nation.

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