i met amber frey. she's a lovely woman. and you know what she's doing now? she runs a spa. >> interesting. i'm glad she's doing well. it was former president bush who signed the law making it a separate crime to kill or harm an unborn child during an assault on the mother. it became known as laci and conner's law, after laci peterson and her unborn son. now listen to what laci's mom said on cnn's "larry king live" about that. >> it was important to me, because the state of california already has this law, which basically is that if a woman is killed, or a baby is killed in the process of a crime, that it is a double homicide, or they can be held responsible for the homicide of the baby also. many states do not have it. and this bill itself was a federal bill. so that if this happened on -- in federal property, it could be tried as a double homicide. >> it was a heart-wrenching case, having to hear testimony about fetuses washing up, gruesome stuff. setting politics aside, laci peterson's murder helped usher in a law. vinnie, is it changing how we define murd

he reportedly told a mistress, a single mom named amber frey that he had lost his wife and would be spending christmas alone. trouble is he said that 15 days before lacy disappeared. scott peterson was arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of his wife lacy, and their unborn son conner. he has been on death row since 2006. now to my panel, diane dimond, journalist, columnist and author of "be careful who you love." dr. judy, clinical psychologist. lisa bloom, an anchor on the legal network, in session and vinnie poll tan, former prosecutor, now a host with sirius xm radio. dr. judy it all started with the menendez brothers. but didn't the scott peterson case cement the notion of handsome defendant as some sort of celebrity? >> absolutely. and he became the poster boy for horror and betrayal on many people's parts. every young woman coed who meets a guy in college like lacy did with scott, what do they want to dream that this guy they marry

i met amber frey. she's a lovely woman. and you know what she's doing now? she runs a spa. >> interesting. i'm glad she's doing well. it was former president bush who signed the law making it a separate crime to kill or harm an unborn child during an assault on the mother. it became known as laci and conner's law, after laci peterson and her unborn son. now listen to what laci's mom said on cnn's "larry king live" about that. >> it was important to me, because the state of california already has this law, which basically is that if a woman is killed, or a baby is killed in the process of a crime, that it is a double homicide, or they can be held responsible for the homicide of the baby also. many states do not have it. and this bill itself was a federal bill. so that if this happened on -- in federal property, it could be tried as a double homicide. >> it was a heart-wrenching case, having to hear testimony about fetuses washing up, gruesome stuff. setting politics aside, laci peterson's murder helped usher in a law. vinnie, is it changing how we define murd