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| | USATODAY.com - New trial denied, Peterson gets formal death sentence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Peterson was convicted in November of first-degree murder in the killing of Laci and second-degree murder for the slaying of her fetus. |
 | | Peterson's attorney, Mark Geragos, tried to get the judge to allow Peterson's parents, Jackie and Lee Peterson, to speak, on the basis that they were related to Conner. |
 | | He ordered Scott Peterson to pay $10,000 restitution for funeral expenses and an additional $5,000, though the reason for that amount was unexplained. |
| www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-03-16-peterson-hearing_x.htm (567 words) |
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