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MODESTO, CA – MAY 2: (FILE PHOTO) Scott Peterson appears in Stanislaus Superior Court during a change of attorney hearing May 2, 2003, in Modesto, California. On November 18 a Californian judge ruled that Peterson will stand trial for the first-degree murder of the deaths of his wife and their unborn son. (Photo by Al Golub-POOL/Getty Images) 









This is murderer Scott Peterson’s booking photo in San Quentin, CA, prison where he has been sentenced to death by lethal injection. Peterson has been branded the most hated man in America after killing his pregnant wife Laci Peterson and their unborn child, they called Conor.Ê Peterson was transferred under heavy security and in shackles from the San Mateo County jail to San Quentin where he will die. Ref: HL 170305 A
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REDWOOD CITY, CA – DECEMBER 9: Scott Peterson sits during defense closing arguments in the penalty phase of his murder trial at the San Mateo County Courthouse December 9, 2004 in Redwood City, California. Peterson was convicted of two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn child. (Photo by Fred Larson-Pool/Getty Images) 



MODESTO, CA – JANUARY 20: Scott Peterson appears at a change of venue hearing for his criminal trial in the murder of his wife Lacy Peterson and their unborn child in Stanislaus County Superior Court January 20, 2004 in Modesto, California. Judge Girolami ruled that the double murder trial would move to San Mateo County Court. (Photo by Al Golub-Pool/Getty Images) 


