Last week, the California Supreme Court shocked the nation by overturning the death penalty of Scott Peterson, who had been on death row for fifteen years for the 2002 murders of his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son Connor.

Now, television personality Nancy Grace is speaking out to say that Laci’s family has been left “devastated” by the overturned death sentence.

“Many of us have still stayed in very close touch of the Scott Peterson guilty verdict, and I can tell you that Laci’s family is in such pain, devastated,” Grace, a longtime legal analyst and former prosecutor, said while appearing on “Fox & Friends Weekend.”

Scott was convicted of murdering Laci when she was eight months pregnant with Connor on Christmas Eve in 2002. He then allegedly dumped their bodies into the San Francisco Bay, and it took months for authorities to find them. During that time, a media firestorm developed around the case, which captivated all of America.

Though the court kept Scott’s conviction in place, it ordered a new penalty phase trial, which means he will be able to leave death row and re-enter the prison’s general population, Grace said.

“Remember, Sharon Rocha, Laci’s mother, went out and tried to keep the death penalty,” Grace explained. “The majority in California voted not to repeal it, but Governor Newsom has put a moratorium on it. That means Scott Peterson will soon be in the general population.”

When it comes to what to expect from the future, Grace said, ” I think they may go forward with a trial.”

This comes after a source confirmed that Laci’s family is “in pain” over the court’s decision.

“The family is in pain again,” a source close to Laci’s family told PEOPLE magazine. “It’s not even so much that’s he’s getting off death row for the time being, but now there will be another trial and they’re going to have to sit through it and possibly testify.”

Now that Peterson’s future is uncertain, Laci’s family is still processing this new development while also trying to prepare themselves for tough times ahead.

“The old wounds are being reopened yet again,” the family source said. “There is no end to the pain that Scott Peterson has put this family through.”