Scott Peterson’s Ex-Lawyer Mark Geragos ‘Gratified’ Innocence Project On the Case

The reality Scott Peterson‘s case has been taken up by the L.A. Innocence Project may lead to the convicted assassin getting a brand new trial … and his former lawyer could not be happier.

Mark Geragos, Peterson’s lawyer throughout his 2004 trial, joined us Friday on “TMZ Live,” and we requested him about the startling improvement — Innocence Project legal professionals citing “new evidence” in court docket filings obtained by ABC News.

Mark says he feels “gratified” to have one other set of eyes wanting over Scott’s case … and in addition cites Peterson’s decreased sentence as simply considered one of many causes the case wants extra assessment.

Peterson’s dying sentence — for murdering his spouse Laci Peterson and their unborn baby — was knocked all the way down to life with out parole after the California Supreme Court stated some jurors had been improperly dismissed throughout jury choice.

Geragos says a listening to was ordered at the identical time as the resentencing, and he thinks that is what drew the Innocence Project’s consideration  … the case towards whom Mark calls an “abomination.”

Geragos says he can debunk all of the proof in from Peterson’s trial — which he nonetheless calls an “abomination” of justice — however thinks the jury was laser centered on Peterson’s admission he was dishonest on his spouse.

The Innocence Project is a nonprofit that works to exonerate individuals who’ve fallen sufferer to wrongful conviction — one thing Peterson has maintained is the case since the starting.

The org confirmed it is repping Peterson, and added it is “investigating his claim of actual innocence” — although they have not elaborated past that.

In the court docket submitting, the L.A. Innocence Project claims Peterson’s state and federal constitutional rights had been violated and his declare of precise innocence “is supported by newly discovered evidence.”

As you could know … Laci was 8 months pregnant with Peterson’s baby when she disappeared on Christmas Eve 2002. Her physique was present in the San Francisco Bay months later.

Peterson turned a primary suspect when it was revealed he was having an affair together with his therapeutic massage therapist, and cops arrested him in April 2003. He was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide and second-degree homicide.

ABC says the Innocence Project’s asking for a ton of things associated to the case it could not discover … together with Laci’s watch, proof from a 2002 housebreaking throughout the road from the Petersons’ residence and interviews with a number of witnesses.

The Stanislaus County D.A.’s Office, which prosecuted Peterson, says, “Mr. Peterson, like all individuals convicted of crimes, is afforded the legal right to appeal his conviction with representation of his choosing.”