MIREYA, THANK YOU.
>>> THERE IS ALSO BREAKING NEWS
TONIGHT IN A CASE THAT HORRIFIED
THIS NATION.
THE MURDER OF A YOUNG PREGNANT
WIFE, LACI PETERSON.
TONIGHT, ABC NEWS LEARNING THE
L.A. INNOCENCE PROJECT IS NOW
TAKING UP THE CASE OF SCOTT
PETERSON, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF
MURDERING HIS LIFE LACY AND
THEIR UNBORN CHILD.
WHAT ATTORNEYS FOR THE GROUP ARE
NOW SAYING ABOUT NEW EVIDENCE,
AND ABOUT SCOTT PETERSON'S CLAIM
OF INNOCENCE.
HERE'S KAYNA WHITWORTH.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A STUNNING
DEVELOPMENT IN THE
SCOTT PETERSON CASE.
THE LOS ANGELES INNOCENCE
PROJECT NOW REPRESENTING THE MAN
CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE
LACY AND THEIR UNBORN SON ON
CHRISTMAS EVE 2002.
THEIR BODIES FOUND IN
SAN FRANCISCO BAY MONTHS LATER.
PETERSON, NOW 51 YEARS OLD, IS
CURRENTLY SERVING LIFE WITHOUT
PAROLE, AFTER HIS DEATH SENTENCE
WAS OVERTURNED.
THE INNOCENCE PROJECT -- A
NONPROFIT KNOWN FOR HELPING
OVERTURN HUNDREDS OF
CONVICTIONS -- THE L.A. CHAPTER
STATING IN COURT DOCK UNITS,
QUOTE, EVIDENCE THAT BEEN
DISCOVERED THAT POINTS TO MR.
PETERSON'S INNOCENCE AND POINTS
TO THE ACTUAL PERPETRATORS OF
THE CRIMES AGAINST LACI AND
CONNER PETERSON.
THE MOTIONS POINT TO A BURGLARY
THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE PETERSON HOME AROUND
THE TIME OF LACI'S DISAPPEARANCE
WAS NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED, AND
THAT WITNESSES WHO SAW LACI
WALKING HER DOG THE MORNING SHE
WENT MISSING WERE NOT PROPERLY
INTERVIEWED.
THE FILINGS ALSO REQUEST MORE
DNA TESTING OF A VAN FOUND
BURNED ONE MILE AWAY.
PETERSON MAINTAINING HIS
INNOCENCE, ARGUING THAT THE
"PROSECUTION PRESENTED NO
PHYSICAL, FORENSIC, OR DIRECT
EVIDENCE LINKING ME TO THE
DEATHS OF MY WIFE AND SON."
JUST MONTHS BEFORE HIS 2004
CONVICTION, PETERSON SAT DOWN
WITH OUR DIANE SAWYER.
>> EVERYBODY SITTING AT HOME
WANTS TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE
SAME QUESTION, DID YOU MURDER
YOUR WIFE?
>> NO, NO.
I DID NOT.
AND I HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO
DO WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE.
>> Reporter: AND DAVID,
ATTORNEYS WITH THE L.A.
INNOCENCE PROJECT SAY THAT
PETERSON'S RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED,
AND THEY SAY THAT HIS ACTUAL
INNOCENCE IS SUPPORTED BY NEW
EVIDENCE.
DAVID?
>> David: QUITE SOMETHING.
KAYNA WHITWORTH REPORTING
TONIGH