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.
The jury stopped their deliberations just an hour before reaching their verdict to ask the judge the meaning of the word “unanimous.”
via Drew Peterson Guilty of Murdering Wife – ABC News.
September 6, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Well that’s good news. But, the jury really had to ask what “unanimous” meant? That’s scarey…
September 6, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Very scary Adrienne. May her soul rest now.
September 6, 2012 at 2:02 pm
The fact that The jury [had] to ask the judge the meaning of the word “unanimous.” convinces me that Peterson was, indeed, tried by a jury of his peers.
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September 6, 2012 at 2:06 pm
ahahahahahaha