EXCLUSIVE: Scott Peterson has filed a new appeal in his 2004 California murder conviction as Fox News has obtained a previously unseen family photo of the 50-year-old sharing a lighthearted moment on a prison conference call.
Peterson received a death sentence nearly 20 years ago after a California jury found him guilty of killing his wife and their unborn son, then dumping them in the San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve in 2002. They washed up separately months later.Â
But his family has maintained his innocence the entire time — and a judge late last year removed him from death row amid allegations of juror bias. While he was resentenced to life without parole in December, the judge declined to grant him a new trial.
The photo, exclusively obtained by Fox News’ Laura Ingle, can be seen in a new FOX Nation special, “Reporter’s Notebook: The Scott Peterson Case,” chronicling two decades of the saga.
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The photo originated in a May 22, 2022 Webex call, sharing a moment with family members, while he was still in the San Quentin prison.
A virtual backdrop shows a window with tress and a couch with pillows — but he was sitting in a cell wearing his gray T-shirt and prison uniform, according to his sister-in-law, Janey Peterson.
Scott Peterson is pictured top right in a conference call from prison, speaking with family members. Relatives shown include his brother Joe Peterson and sister-in-law Janey on the upper left, his sister Susan and her husband Ed Caudillo, and Lee Peterson, his father, in the bottom middle.
Caudillo is modeling navy blue coveralls they had just purchased for Lee.
The family tries to schedule a call at least once a week, but due to prison limitations, they are only granted once or twice a month, they said.
On April 19, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a California appellate court, seeking his release and arguing that the family has uncovered evidence that can prove his innocence.
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