Peterson to stay in same prison amid possible retrial

SACRAMENTO » No one outside of San Quentin State Prison will be seeing Scott Peterson anytime soon as officials consider if he should face a newtrial in the slayingsofhispregnantwifeand unborn child, a judge decided. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo had been concerned that Peterson, 48, would have difficulty staying in touchwithhisdefense attorneys fromthe prison, where he’s been housed since he was sentenced to death in 2005, and was considering moving him to a jail about an hour’s drive south. Massullo isweighingwhether Peterson should get a newtrial and whether he should againface execution after the state Supreme Court threw out his death sentence.