LAST EDITED ON Dec-03-03 AT 12:47 PM (EST)
Peterson Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Charges
Judge Expected To Set Trial Date, Schedule HearingsPOSTED: 8:47 a.m. PST December 3, 2003
UPDATED: 9:00 a.m. PST December 3, 2003
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2679245/detail.html
LOS ANGELES -- Scott Peterson pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of murdering his wife and their unborn son nearly a year after her disappearance played out on a national stage.
It was the second time that Peterson, 31, has answered the charges that could send him to death row. He denied the accusations after his arrest in April and was forced to face them again after a judge decided last month there was enough evidence for prosecutors to take the case to trial.
Judge Al Girolami was expected to set a trial date and schedule a series of hearings for the defense to challenge wiretaps, the use of devices that tracked Peterson and cadaver-sniffing dogs used to search for Laci Peterson's scent in the boat her husband said he took fishing the day she vanished.
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