Drew Peterson found guilty of murder in death of third wife

[Sad Bunny]

Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife's death - Yahoo! News

Drew Peterson, the swaggering former suburban Chicago police officer who generated a media storm after his much-younger fourth wife vanished in 2007, was convicted Thursday of murdering his third wife in a case based mainly on secondhand hearsay statements from the two women.

Peterson, 58, sat stoically looking straight ahead and did not react as the verdict was read. Several of his third wife's relatives gasped before hugging each other as they cried quietly in the courtroom.

Illinois has no death penalty, and Peterson now faces a maximum 60-year prison term when sentenced in Kathleen Savio's death on Nov. 26.

The trial was the first of its kind in Illinois history, with prosecutors building their case largely on secondhand hearsay thanks to a new law, dubbed "Drew's Law," tailored to Peterson's case. That hearsay, prosecutors had said, would let his third and fourth wives "speak from their graves" through family and friends to convict Peterson.

Hearsay is any information reported by a witness that is not based on the witness' direct knowledge. Its use at the trial could also be grounds for an appeal from Peterson.

 

[havoc00]

Dude got too confident and cocky

 

[Young_and_Reckless]

Im shocked

 

[Metta World Movement]

Dude got too confident and cocky

I swear this dude was one of the most cocky murder suspects I've ever seen. Was smiling every time I saw him on TV

And didn't he also get a girlfriend while his wife's disappearance was being investigated?

 

[MikelArteta]

Get married brehs

 

[itsyoung!!]

Not sayin he innocent..but we givin out jail sentences based on just people talkin??

 

[FaTaL]

I think he did it but where's the evidence?

 

[Chris.B]

Dude probably murdered all 3 of them.

He just got caught this time

 

[b. woods]

I swear this dude was one of the most cocky murder suspects I've ever seen. Was smiling every time I saw him on TV

And didn't he also get a girlfriend while his wife's disappearance was being investigated?

Yep, check out his picture just posted on the main page of Yahoo -

:smugdrew:

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

This is a bad precedent.

 

[Ricky Church]

...oh lord.

 

[YBE]

This dude should write a book....for umm....educational purposes

 

[FaTaL]

no way this Hearsay law holds up on appeal

 

[j7thirty]

Even Chi-Cacs catching bodies

Drew peterson Mad he missed the mmg anthem but Ross a celebrate in his honor

Oh wait he lost

 

[Egomaniacal1]

While i believe he did it and i think he should be in jail for it what i don't like about this case is that they had to come up with some new law, "Drew's Law", to railroad him. So basically you're telling me he committed the perfect murder(s) and because yall couldn't convict him off the strength of hard evidence, yall say we just gonna change the rules up on him ...it sets a bad precedent and i won't be shocked if he gets off on appeal.