Scott Peterson Is Talking In A New Docuseries About His Wife’s Murder, But Should We Listen?

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Scott Peterson, convicted in 2004 of killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, has never exactly flown under the radar. But the case that dominated cable news and morning shows in the ’00s is once again inescapable, with two streaming docuseries that debuted this month.

Perhaps surprisingly, over their collective five hours of television, both series offer new material and insights into the disappearance, arrest and trial that were exhaustively covered as they happened and in the following years. But they take wildly opposing approaches in their focus: Peacock’s “Face to Face With Scott Peterson,” which dropped Tuesday, trumpets itself as being the first time the convicted murderer has spoken on camera since before his 2003 arrest . In contrast, “American Murder: Laci Peterson,” which debuted last week and is currently the top-rated show on Netflix , turns the spotlight on his victim, who has been largely eclipsed in the countless news stories, documentaries and podcasts about a case that has fascinated the public for decades.

“I just wanted her to be remembered as a person and not as a victim of murder,” Laci Peterson’s mother, Sharon Rocha, said on “American Murder.”

Scott Peterson, now 51 and serving a life sentence in California, already dominated headlines earlier this year when the Los Angeles Innocence Project took on his case , claiming in court documents that “newly discovered” evidence should exonerate him. A judge has allowed new DNA testing of one piece of evidence, but the majority of the claims made by his lawyers — and by his sister-in-law and most vocal