Enter the Los Angeles Innocence Project (LAIP), now championing Peterson's cause, asserting that they've stumbled upon some "newly discovered" evidence that could potentially vindicate him. But, hold your horses, a juror from the 2004 trial that nailed Peterson has already chimed in, arguing that this so-called groundbreaking evidence is nothing more than old news – discredited during the initial legal showdown.
Yet, undeterred, Scott Peterson, along with his sister-in-law Janey and the persistent LAIP, are forging ahead, steadfastly pushing this questionable evidence into the public eye.
From Huffington Post:
New court filings by the organization, which is not affiliated with the national Innocence Project, claim that previously unreleased evidence in the case, including several unnamed witnesses, could prove Scott’s innocence. HuffPost has reviewed a portion of the filings.
Even securing a new trial would be an uphill battle. And no new evidence is likely to change the fact that led to his conviction in the first place: When his wife disappeared on Dec. 24, 2002, Scott said he drove 90 miles from their home in Modesto, California, to go fishing in the San Francisco Bay — not far from where the badly decomposed remains of Laci and her fetus washed up four months later. Prosecutors argued that Scott dumped his wife’s body overboard on a fishing boat during that time.
Scott’s supporters — led by his determined sister-in-law Janey Peterson, who created a comprehensive website about the case — have received a lot of media attention in recent years. They have repeatedly produced new arguments for his release, which have been amplified by true crime docuseries and podcasts. But much of what they’ve claimed to be new evidence that exonerates Scott has already been discredited and rejected by authorities and the courts.
