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Drew Peterson Sentencing

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Peterson Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison for Murder of Kathleen Savio

Drew Peterson was sentenced Thursday in the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, after a judge denied a motion for a new murder trial.

Updated: 5 p.m.  Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow addressed reporters following the sentencing. “There’s never been anything more fulfilling in my career. We did it. 38 years worth," Fox 32 tweeted him saying.  Glasgow also said that it was an "interesting oversight" that Peterson denied killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio, but did not deny killing his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.  Glasgow looked at Peterson and thought, "You're a cold-blooded killer and I will stare you down until the day I die," according to a tweet from the Trib's Stacy St. Clair.  ------ Original story Drew Peterson has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.  Peterson was facing 20 to 60 years in prison…

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