A district attorney in California said that prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty against Scott Peterson, who was convicted and sentenced for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, about two decades ago. According to the Stanislaus County district attorney’s office, prosecutors will drop efforts to try and restore the death penalty sentence, reported CNN. It was thrown out last year by the California Supreme Court. District Attorney Birgit Fladager said in her filing in San Mateo Superior Court that the family of Laci Peterson has “no doubt” Scott Peterson killed her and their unborn son Conner—and they said that he deserves the death penalty, reported The Associated Press. However, they don’t wish to pursue the punishment because “this process is simply too painful to endure once again,” said Fladager in the filing cited by AP. “The People have met and discussed with the victims’ family what a new penalty trial would involve, pursuant …