Drew Peterson, a former Illinois police officer, was convicted on September 6th, 2012 of murdering his third wife Kathleen Savio in 2004. Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said, "He was a thug, he would threaten people because he had a gun and a badge. Nobody would take him on. But we took him on, and he lost!" At first, Savio's death was deemed an accident. That is until Peterson's fourth wife began missing in 2007. The prosecutors built their case on hearsay. Prosecutors claimed "Hearsay would let his third and fourth wives speak from their graves through family and friends to convict Peterson." Juror Ron Supalo was prompted to cast his vote to convict Peterson based on the volume of witnesses testifying against him. Peterson was sentenced to a maximum 60- year prison term.
On September 11th, 2012, the United States Ambassador for Libya, along with three other Americans were murdered.
"The assault on the American consulate in Libya consisted of two separate
attacks that forced the Americans from the consulate and then besieged
them in a second building in a gun battle that lasted four and half
hours, according to a detailed timeline from a senior administration
official. The bloody offensive by extremists killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. In addition, three more U.S. personnel were wounded," said Dana Hughes. Everyone is wondering what the real reason behind the attacks were. It's still being investigated.
In El Reno, Oklahoma Joshua Durcho was charged of murder. "An Oklahoma man accused in the deaths of
his ex-girlfriend and her four children has pleaded guilty to five
counts of first-degree murder, thus avoiding a death sentence," said associated press. Joshua will not get the possibility of parole but also will not get the death sentence.
In Birmingham, Alabama an ex-professor was accused of murder. "A former biology professor accused of
pulling a gun from her purse and opening fire at a faculty meeting
pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing three colleagues and wounding three
others at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010. Amy Bishop, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of capital
murder involving two or more people and three counts of attempted murder
during a hearing in Huntsville. She had earlier pleaded not guilty, and
her lawyers said she planned to use an insanity defense. Prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of life
without parole for the capital charge, and three life sentences for the
attempted murder charges. Sentencing will follow a brief trial on Sept.
24 before Madison County Circuit Judge Alan Mann.," said press, Denise Lavoie and Jay Lindsay. Now that Amy Bishop has pleaded guilty, she should still go to jail after the trial on the 24th.
In these four short paragraphs, I was able to tell about four different murder cases that all happened in a matter of days. In my opinion, none of the killers had a good reason to kill and so I'm proud that two of the cases in America were sent to court and both guys went to jail. Justice was served for the victims and their families. Soon the other killer in America will be in jail also. I hope to see more cases where they actually do serve justice than the ones that do not.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/11/plea-hearing-set-for-ex-prof-charged-in-shootings/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/06/peterson-guilty-of-first-degree-murder/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/libya-consulate-hit-attacks-lasted-hours/story?id=17215154#.UFXj4qNaPkc
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