PETERSON CASE IS VERY FISHY!

THEATER Scott Peterson was the most hated man in America when he was convicted of the monstrous 2002 Christmas Eve murder of his eight-month pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Connor!

But now, incredibly, the rest of the 51-year-old's life - which he's sentenced to spend behind bars hangs by a shred of duct tape and a stained mattress! As GLOBE reported last issue, pro bono legal eagles with the Los Angeles Innocence Project are appealing Scott's 2004 conviction, which already was tainted when his death sentence was overturned, based on new evidence including:

1. A burglar's documented claim his crony threatened Laci when she witnessed them robbing a neighborhood house while walking her dog just hours before she vanished.