Scott Peterson asks for murder conviction to be tossed, citing 'substantial new evidence'

Lawyers for Scott Peterson filed a petition connected Monday which they accidental contains grounds showing the 52-year-old didn't execution his unborn lad and woman successful 2002.

The Los Angeles Innocence Project, which has taken connected Peterson's case, filed a writ of habeas corpus connected Monday which the radical claimed successful a property merchandise contains "substantial caller evidence." Peterson's lawyers claimed successful the petition Peterson's rights to owed process and a just proceedings were denied during his 2004 trial, arguing his condemnation should beryllium overturned.

"This …Writ of Habeas Corpus presents caller grounds that was not disposable astatine the clip of trial, supports Petitioner’s assertion of innocence, and shows helium was wrongfully convicted," the petition filed connected Monday states. "This caller grounds undermines the prosecution's full circumstantial lawsuit against Petitioner, and shows that the assemblage relied connected mendacious evidence, including mendacious technological evidence, to convict him."

Peterson's lawyers argued successful the filing that the lawsuit against him was "entirely circumstantial," adding that "no direct, carnal oregon forensic grounds was recovered supporting immoderate portion of the prosecution’s theory, oregon different implicating Petitioner." 

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Scott Peterson and Laci Peterson successful a inactive photograph appearing successful the forthcoming docuseries, "American Murder: Laci Peterson." (Courtesy of Netflix)

Scott Peterson, seated, speaks to lawyer Pat Harris during a interruption successful a proceeding astatine the San Mateo County Superior Court successful Redwood City, Calif., Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Peterson’s accidental for a caller proceedings successful the execution of his large woman 20 years agone hinges connected whether a California juror who helped convict him was biased. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)

Peterson was recovered blameworthy successful 2004 of murdering his wife, Laci, and of second-degree execution successful the decease of the couple's unborn son, Conner. Laci Peterson disappeared from the couple's Modesto, California location connected Christmas Eve successful precocious 2002. A pedestrian recovered her unborn son's body, decomposed astatine the time, successful the San Francisco Bay successful April 2003.

Lawyers argued successful Monday's filing that jurors didn't perceive grounds which they deliberation would person impacted the trial's result and accused prosecutors of perchance destroying evidence.

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Convicted slayer Scott Peterson appears successful tribunal connected Wednesday, Mary 29, 2024. He is attempting to get a caller trial. (KTVU)

"Every facet of the prosecution’s mentation arsenic to however the crimes successful this lawsuit were committed has present been shown to beryllium false," the petition states. "The caller grounds acceptable distant successful this Amended Petition shows that the prosecution’s full mentation of the lawsuit was wrong...In immoderate cases, nary 1 idiosyncratic mistake is prejudicial capable to warrant relief, but erstwhile determination are a fig of law oregon statutory violations, the tribunal volition reason that the errors, cumulatively, undermine assurance successful the condemnation and warrant relief. That is surely the lawsuit here…All of this caller grounds is much than capable to authorities a prima facie showing of Petitioner’s innocence."

Scott Peterson listens during a proceeding astatine the San Mateo County Superior Court successful Redwood City, Calif., connected Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)

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The Los Angeles Innocence Project picked up Peterson's lawsuit successful January. The group's ngo is to support individuals it believes were wrongly convicted.

Fox News' Michael Lundin and Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.