Scott Peterson tries to claim proceeds of slain wife's life insurance
Scott Peterson was rebuffed yesterday in his efforts to claim the proceeds of a $250,000 life insurance policy on his pregnant wife.
Peterson was convicted of murdering Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant, in December 2003. From his new abode on death row, the infamous cad tried to convince a California appeals court to award him the money. It didn't work.
"In seeking the insurance benefits, Scott Peterson's lawyers said that because his case is on appeal, he is not covered by a state law barring a beneficiary who deliberately kills the policy-holder from collecting the insurance proceeds," the SF Chronicle reports. "The appeals court disagreed, saying the conviction was admissible as evidence of the murder and that Peterson's lawyers had presented no evidence that he did not kill his wife."
The money will now go to Laci's mother, Sharon Rocha.
Scott Peterson was rebuffed yesterday in his efforts to claim the proceeds of a $250,000 life insurance policy on his pregnant wife.
Peterson was convicted of murdering Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant, in December 2003. From his new abode on death row, the infamous cad tried to convince a California appeals court to award him the money. It didn't work.
"In seeking the insurance benefits, Scott Peterson's lawyers said that because his case is on appeal, he is not covered by a state law barring a beneficiary who deliberately kills the policy-holder from collecting the insurance proceeds," the SF Chronicle reports. "The appeals court disagreed, saying the conviction was admissible as evidence of the murder and that Peterson's lawyers had presented no evidence that he did not kill his wife."
The money will now go to Laci's mother, Sharon Rocha.
Somehow Ole' Pecoz reckons Mama gets more satisfaction that Scotty ain't gettin' the money than she does from the money it's own self!!!
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