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LCD: Murderer Scott Peterson's attorney Mark Geragos discusses the California Court of Appeals' reconsideration of his conviction
Netflix's American Murder: Laci Peterson revealed how authorities arrested Scott Peterson for the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson. Reports indicate that Laci disappeared from her home on December 24, 2002. Four months later, authorities discovered her body on the shoreline of Point Isabel and arrested Peterson. The case went to trial and it was revealed that celebrity attorney Mark Geragos would represent Peterson.
According to KRDO News, Mark Geragos joined the State Bar of California in 1983 and later joined his father's law firm, Geragos & Geragos. In 1997, Geragos gained popularity when he represented Susan McDougal. The court convicted McDougal of fraud in the Whitewater case. However, Geragos joined the case and represented her in an embezzlement case in which the court acquitted McDougal. He has also represented Michael Jackson, rapper Nate Dogg, Gary Condit, Winona Ryder, Colin Kaepernick and Jussie Smollett throughout his career.
According to the documentary, Mark Geragos became Scott Peterson’s attorney when he was a regular on Larry King LIVE. He even spoke about the case several times. In one instance, Geragos said that people can judge Peterson for his character flaws, but that doesn’t make him a murderer. That’s why the Peterson family hired Mark Geragos to be Scott Peterson’s attorney in the Laci Peterson murder trial.
