Drew Peterson: How his murder case upended a quiet community Drew Peterson's guilty verdict drew a sigh of relief, not just from the victim's family and supporters, but from people in the area where Mr. Peterson lived his life as a police sergeant for 30 years. Hearsay Rule Vexed Illinois Jurors in Drew Peterson Murder Case A 2008 law tailored to Drew Peterson's case, concerning the death of his ex-wife, allowed statements not based on a witness's direct knowledge. Drew Peterson jurors: Hearsay evidence was key to verdict The jurors quickly decided that Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, had been murdered — the question they debated was whether the former Bolingbrook cop killed her. And where and exactly how. Though his jury deliberated for nearly 14 hours before convicting Peterson of drowning Savio, several jurors said Friday they never determined precisely how he carried out the 2004 killing. "We're ... Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife's death 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. Timeline in case of ex-Ill. cop Drew Peterson Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson was convicted Thursday in his third wife Kathleen Savio's 2004 death. He was charged after his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, vanished in 2007. A look at key events in the case: Kathleen Savio sister: 'She was terrified' of Drew Peterson As convicted murderer Drew Peterson played to the cameras on his way out of the courtroom on Thursday, Anna Doman was not surprised. "It was very typical Drew,'' Doman told Matt Lauer on TODAY Friday. "Typical sociopath, all full of himself.'' Hearsay bothers last juror to find Peterson guilty The final juror to agree to convict Drew Peterson of murder in the death of his ex-wife says he "barely slept" one night during the proceedings because the same nagging questions kept popping into his head. Peterson jurors: 'Unusual' that Drew cleaned tub The Drew Peterson jury thought it was "unusual" that he cleaned the bathtub the day after Kathleen Savio's body was discovered, four jurors said today as they revealed details from the trial that influenced their guilty verdict. Drew Peterson guilty of murder in ex-wife's death An Illinois jury on Thursday found former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson guilty of murder in the 2004 death of his ex-wife. Holdout Drew Peterson juror reveals what swayed him By the end of the first day of deliberations in the Drew Peterson murder trial, juror Ron Supalo says there was just a single panelist preventing the group from making a unanimous decision -- him.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Peterson stoic as jury hands down guilty verdict Jury Finds Drew Guilty of Murdering His Third Wife [Drew Peterson] 18 Years After Admitting to Murder Man Seeks Retrial Juror recalls hesitation in No drugs alcohol body Peterson's third wife Jurors deliberate for 2nd day murder trial exIllinois police officer convicted 3rd wife's death; attention now turns missing 4th Stacy foreman says hearsay testimony crucial panelist Judge OKed matching attire jurors holds news conference OK'd case shifts appeal Attention fourth slaying 'Finally finally finally' convicts excop death Examples statements from Timeline exIll. cop
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