To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. The convicted wife-killer is now asking a federal judge to reverse his conviction and possibly set him free. Drew Peterson, the convicted wife-killer whose fight for freedom has yet to find any traction, is now asking a federal judge to overturn his murder conviction. Peterson, 65, was found guilty in September of the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
A judge then sentenced the former Bolingbrook police sergeant to 38 years behind bars. For that, Peterson got another 40 years. She still has not been found. Nor has anyone ever been criminally charged in connection with her disappearance. Peterson is the prime suspect. However, Peterson is now sitting in a federal prison in Indiana. He is not due out until May Peterson also pointed to that testimony in his unsuccessful bid to the U.
Supreme Court. He wants a judge to reverse his murder conviction and either order his release or send the case back to Will County for a new trial. The reasons that Peterson was convicted have nothing to do with me or any of his counsel. Smith later contacted authorities and recorded conversations with Peterson that prosecutors say prove Peterson tried to have Glasgow killed.
Peterson is serving 38 years for Savio's murder. He gained infamy when his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, vanished in from their home in Bolingbrook. Her disappearance — amplified by his showy behavior and appetite for media coverage — garnered international headlines and prompted Glasgow to open a homicide investigation into Savio's death, originally ruled an accident after her body was found in her bathtub. Stacy Peterson has never been found, and no one has been charged with a crime in connection with her disappearance.
However, statements she made to her pastor and a divorce attorney just before she went missing were crucial factors in Drew Peterson being found guilty of Savio's death, jurors said.
On one occasion, Smith said, Peterson provided him a transcript of the testimony of the Rev. Neil Schori, a confidant of Stacy Peterson. After Smith read it, he said Drew Peterson "made a comment stating that the clergyman didn't know he was talking to a dead woman. While Peterson sat quietly with his attorneys, Glasgow took the witness stand and said he viewed Peterson as no different than any other murderer. Glasgow's indifference was in stark contrast to Peterson's testimony during his murder sentencing in , when Peterson singled out Glasgow in a rambling minute speech in which he bitterly complained that prosecutors had conspired to railroad him and demanded that Glasgow "never forget" him.
Peterson was very angry throughout the diatribe, and he was staring at me the entire time," Glasgow recalled. During his opening statement Monday, prosecutor Jeremy Walker said Peterson told Smith it would be "the best Christmas present ever" if the inmate could arrange to have Glasgow killed.
Ladies and gentlemen, that is why we're here," Walker told the jury. Walker said the recordings will show Peterson believed that if he could remove Glasgow, he would win his appeal on the murder case that has now made its way to the Illinois Supreme Court. He said Peterson thought Glasgow was wrongly influencing the judges in the lower courts to thwart the defendant's efforts. How can you beat that? Peterson's attorney, Lucas Liefer, said the recordings are unintelligible half the time and that "the other half, they don't make any sense — it's prison talk.
All the state has, he said, is Glasgow's obsession with Peterson and the testimony of Smith, who he said is so interested in being an informant that he offered to do it full-time for the FBI.
Peterson is accused of killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Retired Illinois State Police Sgt. He testified in the murder trial of Drew Peterson. Bolingbrook Police Lt. Pam Bosco, left, a spokesperson for the family of Stacy Peterson talks to reporters as attorney Joel Brodsky, right, waits his turn before entering the court on the fourth day of the Drew Peterson trial at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet.
Berkery and Johnson were first responders to the home where Kathleen Savio was found dead in her bath tub. Barb Bolek, 62, from Shorewood, holds number three as members of the public wait in line to attend the third day of Drew Peterson trial at Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illd. She arrived at the courthouse at am. Court adjourned early after the judge dismissed a motion by the defense to declare a mistrial. Attorney Joel Brodsky, right, declines to comment to the media as he and fellow defense attorneys depart the Will County Courthouse in Joliet.
Lawyers defending Drew Peterson motioned for a mistrial and the judge adjourned court early. Pam Bosco, a spokesperson for the family of Stacy Peterson, makes comments to the media after the second day of the Drew Peterson trial at Will County Courthouse in Joliet. Reporters prepare for a live broadcast on the second day of the Drew Peterson trial at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet.
Drew Peterson defense attorneys, left to right in foreground, Joseph Lopez, Joel Brodsky and Steven Greenberg, speak to the media after the first day of testimony in the murder trial of their client at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill.
Mary Pontarelli tearfully testifies. She told of seeing the body of her friend Kathleen Savio. Cook, sketch for the Chicago Tribune.
Defense attorney Joseph Lopez is seated at right. The two felt the defense was painting Peterson as the victim.
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