Here’s where Scott Peterson, the killer in ‘American Murder: Laci Peterson,’ is now

As stated at the end of “American Murder,” Scott Peterson’s sister-in-law, Janey Peterson, trained to be a lawyer because she believes he is innocent, and helped appeal his sentence.

On August 24, 2020, the US Supreme Court overturned Scott Peterson’s death sentence but upheld his conviction, and resentenced him to life in prison. He was denied a new trial in 2022.

According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Scott is serving his life sentence without the possibility of parole in Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California.

Scott Peterson has always maintained his innocence, and his attorneys argued that Laci Peterson was murdered by burglars when she discovered a robbery taking place near their home in Modesto, California.

A juror on the original trial, Mike Belmessieri, told NewsNation in February 2024 that at the time, the police had already ruled out the possibility that Laci Peterson stumbled upon the robbery.

“The Modesto P.D. had investigated that issue and cleared those individuals who were involved in that burglary,” he said.

But Janey Peterson told People in 2023 that Scott’s attorneys filed a signed document from a man who claims to have overheard a burglar admitting to the murder.

“That’s always been our theory. There’s always been evidence that points to the burglary, but it’s all either been a couple degrees of hearsay or whatever,” she said.

The Los Angeles Innocence Project took up Scott Peterson’s case in January 2024 in an attempt to exonerate him.

The project submitted several pieces of evidence that they argued should undergo DNA testing. But a judge ruled in May that only one piece of duct tape should be tested.

Scott Peterson will tell his side of the story in a Peacock docuseries

“American Murder: Laci Peterson” mainly features her mother, Sharon Rocha, who recalls her family’s ordeal, and also features appearances from police officers, attorneys, and members of the jury involved with Scott Peterson’s trial.

But he will tell his side of the story in an upcoming three-part Peacock docuseries, “Face to Face with Scott Peterson.”

Scott Peterson told People about the interview on August 13: “I regret not testifying [at my trial], but if I have a chance to show people what the truth is, and if they are willing to accept it, it would be the biggest thing that I can accomplish right now—because I didn’t kill my family.”

He also addressed the affair he had with massage therapist Amber Frey while he was married. He said: “It’s horrible. I was a total a-hole to be having sex outside our marriage.”

During the 2004 trial, the prosecutors claimed that Scott Peterson killed his wife and their baby because he did not want to be a father.

“That is so offensive and so disgusting. I certainly regret cheating on Laci, absolutely,” he said. “It was about a childish lack of self-esteem, selfish me traveling somewhere, lonely that night because I wasn’t at home. Someone makes you feel good because they want to have sex with you.”