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Drew Peterson found guilty of trying to have prosecutor killed
Behold! The personification of evil. The jury deliberated for about an hour before finding Peterson guilty of solicitation of murder for hire and solicitation of murder. The charges carry a prison sentence of up to 60 years. Peterson sat hunched over, his head leaning on his left hand with his elbow on the defense table as the verdict was read by the judge. Peterson showed no visible reaction to the verdict. As Peterson left the courtroom, he glanced at Cassandra Cales -- the sister of Peterson's missing wife, Stacy Peterson -- and murmured something unintelligible. Several jurors declined to comment afterward. Peterson, 62, is already serving 38 years for the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow prosecuted the 2012 murder case against Peterson, who tried to arrange for a fellow inmate to hire a relative to kill the prosecutor. The inmate, Antonio Smith, worked with authorities to record his conversations with Peterson in November 2014. Smith told Peterson he had arranged for his uncle to kill Glasgow by Christmas 2014. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-01 |
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