Scott Peterson juror Richelle Nice could testify in exchange for immunity offer as wife killer seeks new trial
Fox News
California prosecutors will offer immunity to Juror No. 7 in the 2004 murder trial of Scott Peterson as the convicted wife killer seeks to have his case overturned.
Richelle Nice is expected to testify at a Feb. 25 hearing as part of Peterson’s appeal. His lawyers accuse her of lying on a jury questionnaire ahead of the high-profile trial, alleging she had an ax to grind as a woman who had also faced domestic violence while pregnant.
Prosecutors will grant her immunity so she can testify freely without the risk of self-incrimination, Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager announced Monday. Without immunity, Nice said she would invoke her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.
"We are pleased to know that Ms Nice will be granted immunity," Pat Harris, an attorney for Peterson, told Fox News Tuesday. "We sincerely hope that Ms. Nice will tell the full truth, and we believe that she will."