DURHAM (WTVD) -- Novelist Michael Peterson will get a court-appointed attorney for his second trial in the 2001 murder of his wife Kathleen. Peterson was convicted of first-degree murder in 2003 ...

New Attorney To Represent Michael Peterson In Civil Trial Posted 5:19 p.m. Aug 3, 2006 - Updated 10:18 a.m. Nov 14, 2006 ...

Local News Michael Peterson May Be Without Attorney For Civil Trial Posted 6:35 a.m. Dec 12, 2006 - Updated 12:43 a.m. Nov 23, 2005 ...

Two years to the day after a jury found Michael Peterson guilty of killing his wife, Kathleen Peterson, Chapel Hill attorney Tom Maher filed a 96-page brief that cites dozens of court cases to ...

Local News Attorney For Convicted Murderer Michael Peterson Seeks Appeal Posted 2:14 p.m. Aug 3, 2006 - Updated 6:06 a.m. Dec 10, 2006 ...

Attorneys also have sought countless times to get a new trial, introducing new evidence, including a tire iron found in a neighbor's yard and owl feathers found in Kathleen Peterson's hair from a ...

Now nearly 79, Peterson opened up about his experience with the judicial system on the Wrongful Conviction podcast, where he chatted with the attorney who represented him during his legal battle ...

Parker Posey and Michael Stuhlbarg play opposing counsel in HBO Max’s limited series The Staircase, which is based on the documentary of the same name that followed the trial of Michael Peterson ...