District attorney opposes Scott Peterson defense motion for DNA testing [Video]

The district attorney in Stanislaus County, California, has filed papers outlining why the office is opposed to a motion filed by Scott Peterson’s defense team requesting DNA testing.

Peterson, who is now represented by the Los Angeles Innocence Project, is currently serving life without parole for the murders of his wife, Laci, and the couple’s unborn son. Laci was eight months pregnant when she disappeared on Christmas Eve 2002. The 27-year-old’s body, and that of the fetus she was carrying, washed up off San Francisco Bay in April 2003.

Peterson, now 51, appeared in court virtually at hearings earlier this year as the LA Innocence Project presented several motions on his behalf.

In the 300-plus page filing, the DA argues that the 14 items the defense wants to be tested have either already been tested, are unrelated to the case or the burden to have them retested has not been …