Drew Peterson Gets Date to Fight For New Murder Trial

A two-day hearing was set to determine whether wife-killer Drew Peterson will get another murder trial.

Drew Peterson's murder trial lasted 24 days. Now the wife-killer's looking forward to a two-day hearing to see if he gets to do the whole thing over again. Judge Edward Burmila scheduled the hearing for Feb. 19 and 20. If the judge decides after those two days not give Peterson a new hearing after all, Burmila said he will head straight to sentencing. Peterson, 59, faces up to 60 years in prison for the March 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Prosecutors have subpoenaed Peterson's second wife, Victoria Connolly, and one of his five sons, Eric Peterson, to testify against him at the sentencing hearing. Connolly has said Peterson threatened to kill her and make her death look like an accident. She also told of Drew Peterson …

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Cheryl

8:56 am on Friday, February 8, 2013

Amen Colt45!!! I don't understand the people that thinks he needs to be free. Makes no sense to me at all.   more ›

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