Salon.com > drew peterson http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Drew Peterson gets prison in wife’s death http://www.salon.com/2013/02/22/drew_peterson_screams_gets_prison_in_wifes_death/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/22/drew_peterson_screams_gets_prison_in_wifes_death/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/2013/02/22/drew_peterson_screams_gets_prison_in_wifes_death/ JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Drew Peterson showed nearly no emotion during his trial, yet the once famously jocular ex-Illinois police officer screamed out his innocence before he was sentenced to 38 years in prison for his third wife's death in an outburst that suggested reality may be settling in.

"I did not kill Kathleen!" Peterson shouted as he leaned into a courtroom microphone Thursday, emphasizing each of the five words.

Without missing a beat, his dead wife's sister, Susan Doman, shouted back, "Yes, you did! You liar!" before the judge ordered sheriff's deputies to remove her from the courtroom.

For years, Peterson casually dismissed and even joked about suggestions he killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004, or that he was behind the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.

His sudden explosion of fury Thursday as he stepped up to address the judge who would sentence him for Savio's death left spectators gasping. Lead state prosecutor James Glasgow said it exposed the real Drew Peterson — the one more than capable of murder.

"We all got an opportunity to see a psychopath reveal himself in open court," Glasgow told reporters shortly after Thursday's hearing. "That shrill ... screech. ... That's the guy that killed Kathy."

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1. HIS RE-ELECTION IN DOUBT, OBAMA PROMISES HAPPIER DAYS

"Our challenges can be met" to repair economy, revive the nation, the president says.

2. PRINCE HARRY IS BACK IN AFGHANISTAN

The British royal will fly Apache attack helicopters during a four-month tour of combat duty.

3. A $1 MILLION MYSTERY

The purported theft of Romney's tax returns has all the trappings of a high-tech whodunit.

4. DREW PETERSON CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS THIRD WIFE

Next puzzle for prosecutors: What happened to his fourth?

5. LATEST KENNEDY ON THE POLITICAL SCENE

RFK's grandson, Joe Kennedy III, wins primary in bid for House seat once held by Barney Frank.

6. THE NEW KINDLE TAKES AIM AT APPLE

The AP's Ryan Nakashima puts the device to the test, finds that the HD screen is a big improvement.

7. WHY MAMMOGRAMS COULD BE DANGEROUS

A new study indicates their radiation might increase chances of breast cancer for some high-risk young women.

8. WHERE OTHERWORDLY TIRE TRACKS ARE VISIBLE

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