Convicted murderer Scott Petersen fights for retrial, citing juror misconduct
A jury convicted Peterson of killing his wife and unborn son on Christmas Eve, 20 years ago.
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A jury convicted Peterson of killing his wife and unborn son on Christmas Eve, 20 years ago.
Right at him. they asked scott to come down to the police deparment again. and without telling him where they got it, they showed him a fax of a photo of himself with amber frey at the christmas party. >> and of course he lies when he's confronted. >> reporter: prosecutor birgit fladager. >> he sees the picture of himself with amber and he says, "that's not me." >> was it clearly him? >> it was. >> reporter: if scott suspected the detectives had somehow found out about amber, he didn't let on. and he kept calling her, and she kept recording. but he started testing her with questions. >> did yo...
>> sure. wasn't she offered immense amounts of money to do covers and things like that? >> there were many offers to amber if she would only provide an interview. but she needed to protect her testimony for the actual case. >> reporter: but altogether missing in the legal cacaphony, were the prosecutors, birgit fladager and dave harris. this, all these years later, was their first and only in-depth television interview about the peterson case. during the trail, they often had to bite their tongues. >> your radio would go off in the morning, the radio alarm and the little news blurb that you wo...
One of the 12 jurors who convicted Scott Peterson in 2004 broke down in tears on the witness stand while being grilled over whether she profited from the case.
The hearing is focused on the actions of Juror 7, Richelle Nice.