The group is “investigating his declare of precise innocence” and claims new proof “raises many questions into who kidnapped and killed Laci and Conner Peterson.”

In 2004, Peterson was convicted of the 2002 murders of spouse Laci and their unborn youngster and sentenced to demise. In 2021, nonetheless, he was resentenced to life in jail with out parole — earlier than being denied a brand new trial in 2022.

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In line with the LAIP’s movement for post-conviction found filed earlier this week, Peterson’s attorneys alleged final 12 months “violations of state and federal constitutional rights and state statutory rights, together with … a declare of precise innocence that’s supported by newly found proof.”

“In the midst of LAIP’s assessment and after some preliminary investigation, it turned obvious to me that quite a few gadgets referred to all through the police studies in Mr. Peterson’s case weren’t included within the discovery that was offered to the protection on the time of trial,” mentioned Paula Mitchell, director of the Los Angeles Innocence Mission mentioned within the submitting, per CNN.

“New proof now helps Mr. Peterson’s longstanding declare of innocence and raises many questions into who kidnapped and killed Laci and Conner Peterson,” provides the submitting, through ABC Information.

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In line with PEOPLE, the LAIP are “quoting up to date witness statements which level to a number of areas of curiosity together with a December 2002 housebreaking of a Modesto house throughout the road from the Petersons.” The group can also be hoping to check a blood-stained mattress present in a burned van close by for Laci’s blood.

On its web site, the LAIP describes itself as offering “professional bono investigatory companies and authorized illustration to indigent people in Central and Southern California who had been convicted of crimes they didn’t commit.”

The group additionally hopes to “deliver consciousness of the inherent issues throughout the judicial system to native and state lawmakers so they’re higher knowledgeable and ready to create a extra simply system.”

Peterson first reported his spouse — who was seven months pregnant on the time — lacking on Christmas Eve 2002. The our bodies of Laci and their son Conner had been present in April 2003.