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Scott Peterson apparently ran out of money during his murder trial last year, and his lawyers charged Stanislaus County, Calif., more than $229,000 for experts, a county auditor said Wednesday. State law allows for the hiring of experts at taxpayer expense in capital cases. Peterson was convicted Nov. 12 of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci. He was sentenced to death last week.
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