Why was Scott Peterson moved off death row? Pregnant Laci Peterson's murderer moved to Mule Creek
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: Corrections authorities announced Monday that Scott Peterson has been released from death row, more than two years after the California Supreme Court overturned his death sentence for the murder of his pregnant wife in the early 1990s. He was transferred last week from San Quentin State Prison north of San Francisco to Mule Creek State Prison east of Sacramento. In a new mugshot taken Friday, Oct 21, the 50-year-old Peterson can be seen sporting a mustache, in contrast to his previous clean-shaven appearance.
After finding Peterson guilty of the first-degree murder of Laci Peterson, 27, and the second-degree murder of their unborn son, Conner, jurors imposed the death penalty. On Christmas Eve 2002, he discarded their remains in the San Francisco Bay, according to the AP.