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Tire iron evidence fails to win hearing for Peterson

The judge who presided over the Michael Peterson murder trial rejected the convicted killer's most recent appeal for a new hearing.

Updated: Mar. 11, 2009 5:28 AM | Full story

Cooper urges no new trial for Peterson

Mike Peterson, the novelist serving a life sentence for killing his wife, won't get a new trial or even a hearing about that possibility if the state attorney general gets his way.

Updated: Feb. 28, 2009 5:35 AM | Full story

Hearing slated in Peterson case

Michael Peterson could get another day in court for his effort to reverse his murder conviction.

Updated: Dec. 4, 2008 2:45 AM | Full story

Will a tire iron change Peterson's fate?

Convicted killer Peterson hopes tool found near scene will result in a new trial.

Updated: Nov. 13, 2008 6:08 AM | Full story

Tiny feather gives wings to owl theory

Larry Pollard is banking on a microscopic feather to give weight to his theory that an owl swooped down and killed Kathleen Peterson.

Updated: Aug. 22, 2008 7:57 AM | Full story

News conference set on 'owl did it' theory

Larry Pollard, a lawyer-turned-businessman and former neighbor of convicted murderer Michael Peterson, has scheduled a news conference Thursday morning to try to bolster his hypothesis that an owl killed the novelist's wife.

Updated: Aug. 20, 2008 2:45 AM | Full story

Peterson home sold to psychic

The old Mike Peterson place in Forest Hills has a new owner.

Updated: Aug. 9, 2008 1:28 AM | Full story

Death by owl, not by spouse

Larry Pollard gets ruffled feathers when doubters quickly dismiss his conjectures that a killer owl, not novelist Mike Peterson, might be responsible for bloodshed in his neighborhood.

Updated: May. 26, 2008 4:14 AM | Full story

The owl theory returns

Saunders:Make mine medium-well, with roasted taters on the side, heavily buttered biscuits and a little 'lasses with which to sop it up.

Updated: Mar. 4, 2008 7:07 AM | Full story

Peterson agrees to settle lawsuit

Wife's daughter is owed $35 million.

Updated: Feb. 1, 2008 3:16 AM | Full story

Peterson's conviction allowed to stand

The state Supreme Court rejects the Durham novelist's bid for a new trial in his wife's death.

Updated: Nov. 10, 2007 5:24 AM | Full story

Court hears Peterson appeal

Durham novelist fights conviction.

Updated: Sep. 11, 2007 3:26 AM | Full story

State's high court will hear Peterson appeal

The state Supreme Court will hear arguments in the appeal of Durham novelist Mike Peterson, who is serving a life sentence for the 2001 murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.

Updated: Aug. 4, 2007 2:48 AM | Full story

Michael Peterson's solitary lockup over

Triangle Briefs:Michael Peterson was no longer in solitary confinement as of early Saturday morning, according to the Department of Corrections' Web site.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2007 1:26 AM | Full story

Peterson faces prison investigation

Michael Peterson, the former novelist and columnist convicted in 2003 of killing his wife nearly two years prior, could find himself back in court after an investigation in progress by the state Department of Correction.

Updated: Jul. 14, 2007 2:47 AM | Full story

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