in the above-entitled cause, find a dependent scott peterson, guilty of the crime of murder. >> scot peterson was found guilty of first-degree murder for his wife, laci, and second-degree murder for his unborn child the judge sentenced him to death but in 2021, nearly 20 years after the murders, peterson was re-sentenced to life without parole. after the california supreme court found the jury in his case was not screened properly for bias regarding the death penalty. and now, if he does get a new trial based on what the innocence project calls, quote, newly discovered evidence. he'll have another chance. at freedom >> and randi joins us now. so what more about this hearing for scott peterson tomorrow? it's going to happen there >> well, we know anderson that scot peterson will join the hearing via zoom from prison, and the hearing really centers around this motion that his lawyers with the innocence project filed with the court. in that motion, they say that scot peterson has maintained his innocence for 20 years. and during that time, he's been working with investigators for years and has d

woman, amber fry, expose their six-week long affair during a bombshell news conference, i met scot peterson november 20, 2000 to scott told me he was not married we did have a romantic relationship that >> relationship investigators believed could have been a motive for scott peterson to kill his wife, had nothing to do with her disappearance, but people still accuse me of it. >> he also spoke with abc's diane sawyer, you know, that people sitting at home have imagined that either you were in love with someone else. therefore, you decided to get rid of this entanglement, namely your wife and your child? or there was just an angry confrontation >> neither of those was the case is it's that simple >> despite his claims of innocence, more questions about scot peterson's behavior surfaced investigators wondered why on christmas eve with a very pregnant wife, did scot peterson drive a couple hours away to go fishing in april 2003? nearly four months after laci disappeared geared her body and the body of their unborn son washed up on the shores of san francisco bay. scott peterson was arrested fo

we'll bring you more details as they come into our newsroom. >>> scot peterson heads back to court tomorrow morning as he fights to overturn his conviction for the murders of his pregnant wife laci peterson and their unborn son 20 years ago. the los angeles innocence project hopes a judge will allow them to bring additional evidence and dna testing that could clear his name. peterson is serving a life sentence after his death sentence was overturned in 2020. he's expected to appear remotely in san mateo county superior court. >>> a fairfield police officer is accused of exchanging inappropriate texts and photos with two underage high schoolers. a parent of one of the students at rodriguez high school notified police who then arrested officer james lewis after an independent investigation by the solano county district attorney's office major crimes task force. lewis is on administrative leave facing charges, including contacting or communicating with a minor with the intent to commit a sex crime. >>> a new proposal in sacramento would require public and charter schools to have an armed offic

. >> scot peterson was found guilty of first-degree murder for his wife, laci, and second-degree murder for his unborn child. the judge sentenced him to death. but in 2021, nearly 20 years after the murders, peterson was re-sentenced to life without parole after for the california supreme court found the jury in his case was not screened properly for bias regarding the death penalty. and now, if he does get a new trial based on what the innocence project calls, quote, newly discovered evidence. he'll have another chance at freedom and randi joins us now. >> so what more about this hearing for scott peterson tomorrow? it's going to happen there >> well, we know anderson that scot peterson will join the hearing via zoom from prison and hearing really centers around this motion that his lawyers with the innocence project filed with the court. in that motion, they say that scot peterson has maintained his innocence for 20 years. and during that time, he's been working with investigators and lawyers there's and has discovered what they call this substantial new evidence which you had actuall

. >>> right now at 5:30, the scot peterson case back in the headlines 20 years after it captured the attention of the nation, the crucial hearing scheduled tomorrow. >>> a new push for police in california schools, why districts could be forced to put armed officers on patrol. >>> and one east bay community fighting to clean up streets littered with abandoned cars. neighbors in oakland tell us some of those cars have been sitting there for a year and their pleas for help haven't gotten them anywhere. da lin shows us some residents are now turning to an unusual tactic to get the city to pay attention. >> reporter: neighbor dijonae cunningham said someone abandoned this suv in front of her apartment buil

in that motion, they say that scot peterson has maintained his innocence for 20 years. and during that time, he's been working with investors the gators, and lawyers, and has discovered what they call this substantial new evidence which you had actually referenced earlier. we don't know what that evidence is, but they say that it does support his claims of listen, so they're looking at the dna, they want some items tested again, retested, and then they also want some new items, new new items tested for dna. and they think think that there's something there anderson that could prove his innocence. so we really don't know what to expect tomorrow. we know for sure that no doubt will see more motions filed, more hearings in this face before we know exactly if scott peterson will get a new trial. >> all right. randi kaye. thanks. the news continues right here on cnn >> it's tuesday, march 12, right now on cnn this morning special counsel, robert hur's set to testify before congress after releasing an explosive report about president biden's handling of classified documents a

in that motion, they say that scot peterson has maintained his innocence for 20 years. and during that time, he's been working with investigators for years and has discovered what they call this substantial new evidence which you had actually referenced earlier. we don't know what that evidence is, but they say that it does support his claims of innocence. so there looking at the dna, they want some items tested again, retested, and then they also want some new items, new new items tested for dna, and they think that there's something there anderson that could prove his innocence. so we really don't know what to expect tomorrow. we know for sure that no doubt will see more motions filed, more hearings in this case before we know exactly if scott peterson will get a new trial. >> all right. randi kaye, thanks so much. that's it for us. the news continues to source with kaitlan. collins starts now see them wrong >> good evening. >> i'm kaitlan collins, the source this coming to you live tonight from south florida where i just spoke exclusively with one of the central witn

can do and whether or not they're going to be able to unseal all of those records relating to scot peterson's conviction. all of those hearings are scheduled to take place in the coming months after all that's done, then the appeal process actually begins so were the very beginning of the road. >> so we don't know exactly what the newly discovered evidence, the los angeles innocence project claims james exists, but it is enough to get them to take up the case. what does that say to you? do you have any notion what it might be >> well, the innocence project is often focused on dna and other scientific advances. so presumably, much of what they're looking into relates to dna evidence and testing of evidence that we're 20 years beyond the procedures and forensic testing that was available back in the early 2000s. so with the new modern testing, will something come to light? there's a strong focus on a defense theory that laci peterson was actually the victim of being seeing a burglary that the burglars were actually the ones to kill her. and there's this orange ban that is central to the innocen

yes, scots peterson is expected to appear virtually via zoom, but his attorneys with the innocence projecthat investigators say is overwhelming evidence that he is guilty, including a jury that convicted him, scott peterson's new attorneys say there is evidence that supports his long-standing claim of innocence. this morning, convicted killer scott peterson set to appear virtually in court as he makes yet another attempt to get his case retried. the status hearing comes just weeks after the los angeles innocence project announced they were now representing the now 51-year-old. peterson is serving a life sentence without parole for the 2002 murders of his wife and child. at the time modesto police said he dumped them into the san francisco bay where months later their bodies washed up. but now there is a different theory arguing laci may have been killed by burglars who broke into the home across the street from the peterson. he has spent years looking into questions he also has about the case. speaking out to "dateline." >> when did you think they made a mistake in the case? >> you know, i