To look at Scott Peterson before Christmas Eve in 2002 was to see a handsome young family man, a 30-year-old fertilizer salesman living in Modesto, Calif., who was about to become a first-time dad. To look at him at almost any time since his pregnant wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son were killed has been to see something quite different .
Scott, who has maintained his innocence, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On Dec. 8, 2021, he was resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
As his legal odyssey continues—he lost his bid for a new trial in December 2022 and filed a new petition for habeas corpus in April 2023—the now-51-year-old is speaking out from behind bars . In the upcoming Peacock docuseries Face to Face With Scott Peterson , premiering Aug. 20, he admits to cheating on his wife but calls the accusation that he killed Laci and the son they'd already named Conner so he wouldn't have to pay spousal and child support "so offensive and so disgusting.
" Scott's unwavering position that he's innocent and the still-unfolding legal process (the Los Angeles Innocence Project took up his case earlier this year) has helped prevent Laci's murder from being relegated to the annals of true crime history . But considering the grisly, scandalous details that emerged from the original investigation and the bottomless amount of coverage of the crime, the case would have been a hard one to forget under any circumstances. Laci's stepfather Ro.