Peterson and his legal team had argued that a juror in his 2004 murder trial committed misconduct.
Scott Peterson, who was convicted by a California jury of killing his pregnant wife Laci Peterson in 2002, has been denied a new trial. a juror in his 2004 murder trial committed misconduct
In a statement to CBS News, Peterson's attorney, Pat Harris, said they were"disappointed" by the ruling, but that"this case is not over," adding that they had new evidence that supposedly proves Peterson did not murder his wife. "The court concludes that Juror No. 7's responses were not motivated by pre-existing or improper bias against petitioner , but instead were the result of a combination of good faith misunderstanding of the questions and sloppiness in answering," Massullo wrote in Tuesday's ruling.
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