Drew Peterson, a former Illinois cop, and husband to Stacy Peterson who went missing in 2007 was found guilty by a jury of his peers today of murder.
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| Drew Peterson |
According to reports, "Peterson, 58, sat stoically looking straight ahead and did not react as the judge announced jurors had found him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Her relatives gasped, then fell into each other's arms and cried. Illinois has no death penalty, and Peterson now faces a maximum of 60-years in prison when sentenced on Nov. 26. Both relief and excitement showed on the faces of Savio's family members as they stepped out of the crowded courtroom. Her sister, Susan Doman, threw herself into the arms of her husband. "Finally, finally, finally," Mitch Doman, Savio's brother-in-law, said as he and his wife cried."
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| Stacy Peterson |
The Peterson case is one of a kind for the state of Illinois. The case itself was built entirely on hearsay thanks to a new law, ironically known as "Drew's Law". Prosecutors believed that hearsay would allow for jurors to hear Peterson's wives voices through the testimonies given by their family and friends. Although there was staunch opposition to the use of hearsay in the case, Peterson was convicted of murder.
Stacy Peterson herself later went missing on Nov. 9, 2007. Illinois State Police declared Drew Peterson a suspect in Stacy's disappearance the same day. Her family remains hopeful that they will find their daughter, sister and friend. Authorities also hope that Stacy Peterson will be located but confess that the longer a person is missing the more unlikely it is that they have simply ran away. For this and other news please go to the following websites below.
http://news.yahoo.com/jury-convicts-drew-peterson-3rd-wifes-death-194658507.html
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/06/13711169-so-what-happened-to-stacy-peterson-that-case-is-next-for-prosecutors-family?lite
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