CHESTER, Ill. (AP) — Jurors have found former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson guilty of trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped convict him in his third wife’s death.
(Source: IDOC)
Jurors reached the verdict Tuesday afternoon after deliberating for little more than an hour.
Peterson was accused of trying to hire a fellow inmate’s uncle to kill Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow. Peterson is serving a 38-year sentence in ex-wife Kathleen Savio’s death and faces up to 60 more years in prison.
On Tuesday, prosecutors said prison recordings of Peterson speaking with a fellow inmate prove he wanted the prosecutor killed. But Peterson’s defense lawyer says Peterson never explicitly says in the recordings that he wanted Glasgow killed.