I've heard he will be put in solitary confinement at least for a few years for his safety since he's a former cop and has probably put some of those people that are in the same prison away. Solitary confinement usually consists of dangerous inmates who cause too much harm to other inmates to be allowed into "general pop.", other cops, dangerous gang leaders, and child molesters. He will be "protected" from the GOONS as you call them for a few years, but he will eventually end up in the general population of the prison unless he dies first. After the crime and maybe even crimeS he committed, I could care less what happens to him and would deserve every bad thing he gets.
He keeps talking about his children and how they are his number one priority and what a good father he is, but what good father murders and takes away his childrens' mother and puts them through that torture?! Unbelievable and unforgivable. He only wants publicity and thinks he's smarter than everyone else. WRONG! Hope he gets a big welcome from Big Bubba when he gets out of solitary confinement.

KJ, when I read your posts, why do I hear them in the voice of Omar from The Wire? LOL...that's a compliment, by the way.

Very well stated, Eric. I don't know if the possibility that he is not guilty is high as you say, but the fact that there is a possibility AT ALL enforces your argument. I don't know whether he is guilty or not, and if forced to guess I would probably say he is. But conviction at all costs with the ends justifying the means is flat out dangerous and unconstitutional. The best thing that can come from this is for the Savio family to have some peace...but it sure comes at a high price for the rest of society, potentially for generations to come.

Eric,
There is no precedent set here. There was NO expansion of heresay. The Appelate court REJECTED the new law. All heresay allowed, was under ESTABLISHED, EXISTING statute and case law.

Eric Blair posted <snipped>
Dangerous decision that needs to be overturned. The ones making judgment by way of emotion aren’t seeing the big picture. The fact that an intellectually challenged jury found him guilty based on hearsay evidence and the fact this unfit judge upheld the precedent setting verdict is a danger to the rest of us. <end snipped>
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a danger to the rest of us ? really ?
Don't murder another human being and you will have nothing to worry yourself over.

"... Guilt or innocence was not conclusively established here. The possibility that he is not guilty of the charges remains high to the point that the conviction.." <end snip>
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Not according to the jury of his peers. You need to move on.

Ok Tawanda I’ll move on but I think you’re really Stacy. You can come back now. You don’t have to hide anymore. How’d u get the full color profile image? Not too bad. I want one too.

I have such mixed emotions after reading the comments. Do I think Drew killed Kathleen, probably, do I have proof, no I don't. What I'll never understand is how this scenario was let into a courtroom ....... Drew supposedly tells Stacy he killed Kathleen, then Stacy tells a divorce lawyer and the divorce lawyer tells the jury.
My question is, with this hearsay law, does it only work one way? Can it also work for the criminal, who lines up people to say they were told that the guy accused didn't do it, but that so-n-so did it? I think this hearsay law should be overturned, not to help out Drew Peterson, but to save the innocent people who could suffer from it. If the Prosecutor had enough evidence to begin with, the hearsay law would have never been created. I wonder if Glasgow is already writing his book??

True,WHAT about Stacey now that Drew Has 38years Will she come out of hiding no because she is not with us. No women leaves her Purse behind,credit cards or her kids. Now lets work on What happened to Stacey Give the man more prison Time hope to never hear that Name again Drew Peterson!!!!!

You are correct Ken, I'm not aware of the Doctrine you mention. But, if that was enough, why create a hearsay law?

If her body told a story, then why did the Police, as well as the Coroner get it wrong? Which makes me wonder, if the Police/Coroner got it sooooo wrong to begin with, why didn't they lose their jobs?? Why did it take another wife to disappear/die to wake these clowns up? I think Peterson ended up where he belongs, but that is simply my opinion, as I don't know everything and certainly never stepped foot into the courtroom. I still don't understand why they would create a new hearsay law, and then as you say, not use it? Welcome to MAYBERRY!

@ Kimberly:
A funny thing happened between time of the inquest and the eventual charges brought against drewpie:
Many of the cops took an early retirement. Gee wonder why.......

Kimberly,

The Coroner didn't "get it wrong". The case, along with 6 others, were presented to a Coroner's Inquest Jury. According to an interview with one of the inquest jury members, they were only given 3 options. Natural cause, homicide or accident. In the same interview, he also said that there was a police officer that said that he knew Drew or knew of Drew. The jury member also said that this office told the jury that he hought that Peterson was a good policeman and that he was charitable and helped his neighbors.

To rush a jury through 6 cases in a day seems like a lot. If they had a 4th options of "undecided" maybe someone with professional experience would have looked into the death better.

I would be interested in you sharing what cases you refer to in particular when you say we are finding evidence to support our preconceived beliefs that allow false guilty findings. AAMOF, Casey Anthony was perceived to be absolutely guilty by most of the nation, and hated for it, yet her jury set her free. That was a feel-horrible acquittal, not a feel-good conviction.

Why are the streets of Chicago so destructive and dangerous? Could it be that the legal system continues to set free and undo what police officers try to do by arresting the very thugs that are killing innocent people because they suffer no consequences? Seems to be we're a society of sissy court systems that turn out repeat offenders over and over.

So, Olddeegee, I would appreciate you sharing your wisdom of how Drew Peterson being locked up for the rest of his life is unreasonable, along with how we've become a society that is sending people away for no good reason. Okay then?

It officially sucks to be Drew Peterson.
Hope he relishes in his 3 hots and a cot for the next 38 years :)

A coroner's jury ruled the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson's third wife, an accident. This week, Will County Coroner Patrick K. O'Neil said the death should have been ruled "undetermined."
O'Neil told The Associated Press on Friday that there is widespread public confusion about the Illinois coroner's inquest process and how juries work.

Q: What is a coroner?

A: In Illinois, the coroner is an elected office serving for a four-year term. The coroner's office is a law enforcement agency that investigates deaths that occur in the county.

Q: What is a coroner's inquest jury?

A: The function of the jury is to render a verdict as to the manner of death. A jury can decide that a person died as a result of a natural death, accident, suicide, homicide, or undetermined if the information is not significantly clear or the jury cannot render a verdict.

**According to O'Neil, the Coroner, undetermined WAS an option.**

Kimberly,

VAN SUSTEREN: Was "indeterminate" an option? Could you have just said, Look, we can't figure it out, we don't know?
JAMES: Well, at the time, we were given three options to either come to a decision as to whether it was natural, homicide or accidental. We did not have at the time the option of determining "undetermined" status. So I think if we did have the option at that time to come to an undetermined decision, I think the majority of us would have chose that option. But we did not have that choice at the time.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311713,00.html#ixzz2LjdqY35j

The Appelate court REJECTED the new law. The hearsay allowed was under EXISTING statute and case law.