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Michael Iver Peterson (born October 23, 1943) is an American novelist who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his second wife, Kathleen Peterson, on December 9, 2001. After eight years, Peterson was granted a new trial after the judge ruled a critical prosecution witness gave misleading testimony.
Mar 28, 2024 · The prosecution suggested that Michael killed his wife after they got into a fight supposedly initiated by Kathleen's discovery of more than 2,000 explicit images of men on...
Jun 9, 2022 · In 2003, after a lengthy legal trial, Peterson was convicted of killing his wife Kathleen Peterson on December 9, 2001. After numerous failed appeals, in 2011, Peterson was released on bail...
Jun 2, 2022 · On October 10, 2003, following over 13 weeks on trial, Michael Peterson was found guilty of murdering Kathleen Peterson, as reported by The Item. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. His adopted daughters, Martha and Margaret, sobbed as the judge read the verdict.
Jun 4, 2022 · Michael Peterson’s trial begins in Durham, North Carolina. The prosecution argues that Peterson murdered Kathleen using a blow poke in the family home.
Jun 10, 2022 · A judge vacated the verdict in 2011 and granted a new trial when it was revealed that there was tainted blood spatter evidence and one of the prosecution’s witnesses had committed perjury. He...
Mar 20, 2022 · Focusing on the trial of Michael Peterson, who prosecutors alleged killed his wife, Kathleen Peterson, after a vicious fight in 2001, the documentary charts his defense team’s preparations through his conviction, appeals, and ultimate plea deal.
May 6, 2022 · Durham police promptly charged Michael Peterson with Kathleen’s murder. A few months later, a French documentary team arrived to film the course of Peterson’s trial, little knowing they...
Aug 31, 2023 · At a 2003 trial, Durham District Attorney James Hardin argued that Peterson had beaten his wife to death with a blunt instrument. Peterson’s defense attorney, David Rudolf, countered that Kathleen had fallen down the stairs. Peterson was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Michael Peterson is on trial for the 2001 death of his wife, Kathleen. Her body was found at the bottom of a staircase in the couple’s Durham home. Prosecutors allege he killed Kathleen to get her $1.4 million life insurance policy.
