The previous juror on the heart of Scott Peterson's bid for a brand new trial within the homicide of his pregnant spouse walked into the jury room throughout deliberations in 2004 and blurted out "that he ought to mainly pay for killing 'little man,' " a former fellow juror testified Tuesday.
That conflicts with juror Richelle Good's sworn declaration in 2020, however not with the amended testimony she gave Friday and Monday throughout a listening to into whether or not she was biased throughout Peterson's trial within the slayings of his spouse, Laci, 27, and the unborn little one they deliberate to call Conner.
Good testified she held no unwell will towards Peterson till after she heard the proof towards him, that he dumped his spouse's physique into San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve 2002. She stated she did not recall making the assertion recounted Tuesday by fellow former juror Gregory Beratlis.
Beratlis stated it was the primary time he had heard Good use the "little man" phrase to consult with Conner.
Good was an alternate juror who joined the jury deliberations after two unique jurors had been eliminated.
Peterson's attorneys contend, amongst different issues, that Good sought to be on the jury as a result of she needed notoriety and for monetary causes.
However Beratlis denied that he, Good and different co-authors of a post-trial guide concerning the case had mentioned a guide deal through the trial.
That seemingly is contradicted by anticipated testimony from documentary producer Shareen Anderson, who had been anticipated to testify Tuesday.
Her testimony and that of her cameraman on the tv documentary "The Homicide of Laci Peterson" will now be delayed till March 24 and 25 to provide Peterson's attorneys time to subpoena Anderson's data from the filming.
Good has additionally sworn that there have been no guide discussions whereas the trial was underway. Peterson's attorneys stated that Anderson's contradicting recollection from a post-trial interview with Good got here solely Monday night time throughout a dialogue with a protection investigator.
On Monday, Good additionally testified that she despatched 17 handwritten letters to Peterson in jail practically 20 years in the past, the Mercury Information reported. She stated her therapist had prompt writing a letter to Peterson to assist together with her psychological well being, the newspaper reported.
When requested by Peterson' lawyer how lengthy she corresponded with Peterson, Good replied: "I do not know. Too lengthy."
Stanislaus County Deputy District Legal professional David Harris objected to admitting what he known as an "extraordinarily late, extremely suspect assertion" from Anderson that he stated can be contradicted by her cameraman.
However California Superior Courtroom Decide Anne-Christine Massullo expects to permit the testimony, forcing a three-week delay in a listening to that had been anticipated to finish no later than Friday.
She may have 90 days after the listening to ends to determine whether or not Good lied on a pre-trial questionnaire to get on Peterson's jury and was biased towards him, thereby denying Peterson a good trial.
"The fallacious individual's in jail"
Peterson's supporters need him to be retried on all costs, saying they've new proof that might exonerate him.
"Scott didn't get a good trial," Peterson's sister-in-law, Janey Peterson, instructed CBS Information correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti.
Janey Peterson maintains police didn't look exhausting sufficient at others or think about a connection to Laci's dying and a housebreaking that occurred throughout the road from the Peterson's dwelling. "The fallacious individual's in jail," she says.
Authorities aren't commenting, however Jon Buehler, one of many unique detectives on the case, disagrees.
"There's nothing that is come out that is made me change my view that Scott acquired a good trial and that Scott is the one who killed Laci," he tells Vigliotti.
"Twenty years later, this case nonetheless holds loads of curiosity," says Jack Leonard, senior editor of investigations on the Los Angeles Instances. "Principally as a result of it stays an everlasting thriller."