Michael Peterson

The conviction and life sentence of novelist Michael Peterson were upheld yesterday by the North Carolina Supreme Court. Peterson was convicted in 2003 of killing his wife after she was found dead at the bottom of the staircase in their shared home in 2001. He had argued that evidence obtained from his computer during the course of the investigation was improper and should not have been used to aid in his conviction. The court disagreed and determined that other evidence used to convict was sufficient apart from the tainted computer records.

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