Never-before-seen evidence in sensational Scott Peterson case could clear him of wife Lacis murder: bombshell new documentary

A bombshell new documentary reveals crucial, never-before-seen evidence that could clear infamous wife-killer Scott Peterson more than two decades after his conviction, supporters say.Peterson, 53, has been serving a life sentence in California since a jury found him guilty of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner, on Christmas Eve 2002 — a conviction based partly on how he got rid of his wife’s body aboard his fishing boat.A&E’s two-part documentary, “Scott Peterson: The New Evidence” — set to air July 16 and 17 — is now offering newly unearthed footage, alleged handwritten notes from Laci, and expert opinions that it says seriously throw that damning scenario into doubt.“I lose sleep – and with Scott, probably more than any other case – when I believe [a client] is innocent,” said Mark Geragos, Peterson’s lawyer during his sensational 2004 trial, to The Post in defense of the convicted killer.“You have an instinct or a gut feeling that is honed by doing 10,000 reps, so to speak, and you know when someone is good for a crime or when they’re not,” said Geragos, whose high-profile clients have included Sean “Diddy” Combs, Michael Jackson and the Menendez brothers. Peterson has repeatedly failed to overturn his conviction through the appeals courts. In a tawdry case that grabbed national headlines, the Petersons were a seemingly picture-perfect couple — but in reality, he was cheating on his very pregnant wife with massage-therapist mistress Amber Frey and cruelly killed Laci and their unborn son to pave the way for him to enjoy a jet-setting bachelor lifestyle, prosecutors said.Years after Peterson’s conviction, in 2024, the Los Angeles Innocence Project took over his case, arguing in court filings that “new evidence now supports Mr.Peterson’s long-standing claim of innocence and raises many questions into who abducted and killed Laci and Conner Peterson.”The new documentary was filmed to �...