Retired LAPD detective says Scott Peterson deserves a new trial, claims police overlooked critical witnesses
Nearly 22 years after Scott Peterson was found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife, his legal team says "new evidence" could help overturn his conviction.The 53-year-old's attorneys with the Los Angeles Innocence Project (LAIP) say they've uncovered what they argue is new evidence that could undermine one of America's most infamous murder convictions. They detail their findings in A&E's new two-part docuseries, "Scott Peterson: The New Evidence.""When you initially have a missing person's case, there are certain protocols, certain things that must be done, and that is to follow up on every possible lead to determine when and where the missing person was last seen," Ninette Toosbuy, a retired LAPD detective who appears in the documentary, told Fox News Digital.SCOTT PETERSON'S DEFENSE LOSES BID TO INTRODUCE WITNESS TESTIMONY IN LONG-RUNNING FIGHT TO OVERTURN CONVICTION"That wasn't done in this case," she said.
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Nearly 22 years after Scott Peterson was found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife, his legal team says "new evidence" could help overturn his conviction.The 53-year-old's attorneys with the Los Angeles Innocence Project (LAIP) say they've uncovered what they argue is new evidence that could undermine one of America's most infamous murder convictions. They detail their findings in A&E's new two-part docuseries, "Scott Peterson: The New Evidence.""When you initially have a missing person's case, there are certain protocols, certain things that must be done, and that is to follow up on every possible lead to determine when and where the missing person was last seen," Ninette Toosbuy, a retired LAPD detective who appears in the documentary, told Fox News Digital.SCOTT PETERSON'S DEFENSE LOSES BID TO INTRODUCE WITNESS TESTIMONY IN LONG-RUNNING FIGHT TO OVERTURN CONVICTION"That wasn't done in this case," she said. "That alone, just that alone, got me very interested in looking deeper into the matter. I think that Scott Peterson does deserve a new trial.
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- Nearly 22 years after Scott Peterson was found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife, his legal team says "new evidence" could help overturn his conviction.The 53-year-old's attorneys with the Los Angeles Innocence Project (LAIP) say they've uncovered what they argue is new evidence that could undermine one of America's most infamous murder convictions. They detail their findings in A&E's new two-part docuseries, "Scott Peterson: The New Evidence.""When you initially have a missing person's case, there are certain protocols, certain things that must be done, and that is to follow up on every possible lead to determine when and where the missing person was last seen," Ninette Toosbuy, a retired LAPD detective who appears in the documentary, told Fox News Digital.SCOTT PETERSON'S DEFENSE LOSES BID TO INTRODUCE WITNESS TESTIMONY IN LONG-RUNNING FIGHT TO OVERTURN CONVICTION"That wasn't done in this case," she said.
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