Around the Web: What People are Saying About the Drew Peterson Trial
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- The media has descended upon the Will County Courthouse to report on the infamous former Bolingbrook cop.Just some of the media outlets covering the trial: ABC Chicago, ABC National, Anderson Cooper, Associated Press, B Broadcasting, CBS National, CBS Chicago, Chicago Tribune, CNN, Dateline NBC, Fox Chicago, Fox National, HNL, Investigation Discovery, Justice with Judge Jeanine Piro, NBC Chicago, NBC National, People Magazine, Piers Morgan, Sun Times, The Comcast Network, WBBM Radio, WGN Radio, WGN-TV and WLS Radio.That's a lot of coverage. Keep up with what everyone's reporting in one place.
- Two idiot lawyers!!! The one for Casey Anthony and the one now for Drew Peterson!! Thank God these jurors knew the meaning of the laws and the respect for the courts!!! Learn from it Florida!! Both those lawyers made mockerys of the court system and should have their license taken away! Just as HLN just said you DO NOT MOCK THE COURT SYSTEM!! I call flipping the bird and laughing as they walk out MOCKEY THE COURTS AND MAKING LIGHT OF ALL,ALL,ALL LAWS!!! kICK THEM OUT OF THE SYSTEM,THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS IN THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD HE WAS FINALLY FOUND GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Former Illinois cop Drew Peterson was found guilty today of killing his wife, Kathleen Savio, and making it look like an accident in 2004. The jury returned a verdict after two days of deliberations, just an hour after stopping discussions to ask the judge the meaning of the word "unanimous." Peterson now faces up to 60 years in prison. He will be sentenced in November. Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, was found dead in her bathtub in 2004, and her death was initially ruled an accident. However, after Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared without a trace in 2007, police exhumed Savio's body and reexamined it, changing their finding to homicide. Peterson was then charged with first-degree murder. After the verdict, members of Savio's family said they finally got what they wanted for Kathleen: justice. "Today is the culmination of eight years, eight long years, and today we've gotten justice," Savio's nephew, Michael Lisak, said after the verdict. "Today Kathleen Savio, Kitty Savio can finally rest in piece and the Savio family can finally move on." Lisak noted that the verdict should be a hopeful sign to all victims of domestic abuse. "Today is a day for battered women, not just Kathleen Savio. Your voice will be heard. My aunt's voice was heard through the grave, she would not stop. They will listen to you now. The Kathleen Savio hearsay law is a real thing," Lisak said, referring to a law that allowed into evidence statements that Savio made to friends and family before she died. The jury asked to have some of the hearsay statements from the case reread to them Wednesday. Statements that Stacy Peterson made to her pastor and her divorce attorney about Drew Peterson killing Savio were allowed into court testimony because of the Kathleen Savio hearsay law. The jury also stopped their deliberations with another question, this one just an hour before reaching their verdict, to ask the judge the meaning of the word "unanimous." "Just to be clear, judge, what does unanimous mean?" read a note sent by jurors to Judge Edward Burmila this afternoon. Judge Edward Burmila, who has overseen the six-week murder trial of the former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant, wrote a note back to jurors explaining the meaning and referring the jurors back to the jury instructions he gave Tuesday morning. "The word unanimous indicates the agreement of all on the matter at hand," the note said. Stacy Peterson's sister, Cassandra Cales, also attended the trial. She said after the verdict that she hoped Peterson's conviction and impending jail time would convince anyone with knowledge of Stacy's disappearance to come forward. "Game over, Drew," Cales said. "He can wipe the smirk off his face. It's time to pay." Peterson has denied any involvement in Savio's death and Stacy Peterson's disappearance. He has never been charged in connection with Stacy's case. His attorney, Joel Brodsky, said Peterson was "anxious" ahead of the verdict. "He's a bit anxious but prepared emotionally for whatever happens," Brodsky said Tuesday. The five-week long trial in Joliet was plagued by legal battles between Peterson's attorneys and prosecutors over which evidence would be allowed in court. Much of the testimony in the case was hearsay, based on statements that Savio and Stacy Peterson made to friends and acquaintances, portraying Peterson as violent and threatening. Stacy Peterson's divorce attorney, hired before she disappeared, testified that Stacy had asked him about telling authorities that Drew Peterson had killed Savio.
RT @ColonelTribune: Here's a helpful timeline to review key dates pertaining to #DrewPeterson trial trib.in/OlVOBj
BREAKING: Jury convicts ex-Chicago police officer Drew Peterson of murdering his 3rd wife: apne.ws/RQqbSk -SC
An Illinois jury finds former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew #Peterson guilty of murder in 2004 death of ex-wife. on.cnn.com/P4Fji6
RT @CBSNews: BREAKING NEWS: Jury finds Drew Peterson guilty of murder CBSNews.com
RT @CBSNews: BREAKING NEWS: Jury finds Drew Peterson guilty of murder CBSNews.com
RT @Suntimes: BREAKING: #DrewPeterson found guilty in death of ex-wife Kathleen Savio. suntm.es/NeSE7t- Sept. 5
Deliberating Peterson jurors to see autopsy photos: Jurors at Drew Peterson's murder trial are getting to look a... bit.ly/Rm5Pjf
The #DrewPeterson jury is deliberating. Meet the jurors here: hlntv.com/article/2012/0…
I will be live on In Session from 8-12 today on TruTV. Drew Peterson's gate goes to the jury. @insession #insession http://pic.twitter.com/GyDuY6Nj
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- Catherine DeGabrielleI pray to god we don't have the same jury as Casey Anthony had. This control freak of a man needs to be locked up in prison for the rest of his life. We can't...more2012-08-14T15:57:21.117Z
- Catherine DeGabrielleI pray to god we don't have the same jury as Casey Anthony had. This control freak of a man needs to be locked up in prison for the rest of his life. We can't...I pray to god we don't have the same jury as Casey Anthony had. This control freak of a man needs to be locked up in prison for the rest of his life. We can't let him get away with killing his wives because he knows how to get rid of evidence. I've read the public records and he's guiltymore2012-08-14T15:57:21.117Z
