Peterson Seeks Public Funds to Pay for Defense
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Scott Peterson’s lawyers are requesting public funding to subsidize his defense against charges that he murdered his pregnant wife, according to a newspaper report.
The request is being considered by two judges in Stanislaus County, where Scott and Laci Peterson lived until she vanished in December 2002, the Modesto Bee reported Friday.
State law lets indigent defendants in capital cases seek public money to pay investigators and expert witnesses.
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