REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – First, Scott Peterson’s death sentence was overturned. Now, depending on the power of testimony from a controversial juror who helped decide the notorious case nearly two decades ago, his murder conviction also could be overturned, triggering a new trial.
That decision lies in the hands of Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo, who will hear the testimony beginning Friday of “Juror No. 7” about why she kept secret her own history as a domestic violence victim before she was chosen for the jury.
“If she had told the truth, she never would have been put on the jury,” Pat Harris, Peterson’s defense lawyer who has stuck with his client since the first trial, said in an interview this week.
