CHESTER, Ill. (WLS) -- Drew Peterson was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison plus three years of supervision in a murder-for-hire case. In May, a jury in Randolph County found Peterson guilty of ...

Drew Peterson, a former Chicago-area police officer imprisoned for murdering his wife, was found guilty on Tuesday of trying to hire someone in 2014 to kill the prosecutor who convicted him, ...

The judge in Drew Peterson's murder case says he will announce his decision on a mistrial motion Wednesday morning. This is the third motion for mistrial in the three-week-old trial. Sparking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drew Peterson still maintains his innocence in the murder of his ex-wife, Kathleen Savio, and the disappearance of his wife, Stacy ...

The attorneys for convicted murderer Drew Peterson said there's no doubt the case will be heard on appeal, calling it a "dark day in America" when someone can be convicted on hearsay evidence. "They ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The use of hearsay testimony to convict former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson in the death of his third wife was proper, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday ...

Few know the bizarre tale of how the prosecutor in the Drew Peterson case nearly lost because the Illinois Legislature adopted the law he'd written to help him prevail in the matter. While everyone ...

Drew Peterson's murder conviction in his third wife's 2004 death should be overturned because of improper use of hearsay evidence and mistakes by his former attorney, lawyers for the former suburban ...

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A defense attorney is arguing that a suburban Chicago man deserves a new trial in the slayings of his wife and three children in part because of the Drew Peterson case. In a ...