Michael Peterson trial
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Michael Iver Peterson is an American novelist who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his second wife, Kathleen Peterson, on December 9, 2001. In 2011, after eight years in prison, Peterson was released from prison after being granted a new trial. In a review of an appeal, the judge had ruled that a critical prosecution witness in the first trial gave misleading testimony. Peterson was out on bail and under house arrest while awaiting a new trial.
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Michael Iver Peterson — “Mike” to his friends — is a 78-year-old novelist and decorated military veteran who once ran for mayor of Durham, North Carolina. But in 2003, he went to jail for life without the possibility of parole, a result of being convicted of the 2001 murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson. After a retrial, the judge vacated the jury's verdict in 2011. In 2017, Michael submitted…
Known for
- Bloodthirsty — Fashion Photographer2021
- The Staircase II: The Last Chance — Himself2012
- Death on the Staircase: The Aftermath2005
- The Staircase — Self2004
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Peterson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Nashville
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- prose
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Convicted of
- murder
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- date of birth
- 1943-10-23
- name in native language
- Michael Iver Peterson
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