Rick Distaso

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Joseph Richard ("Rick") Distaso was the lead prosecutor in the case against Scott Peterson, charged with and later convicted of murdering his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn child, Conner Peterson. Laci was eight months pregnant with Conner at the time of the murder.

Distaso attended University of Southern California as an undergraduate, and attended Loyola Law School for his law education. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1992.

In 2005, Distaso was appointed a Stanislaus County Superior Court judge by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.