Also on board is David Rudolf, the acerbic attorney who represented Peterson at his original trial.

Attorney, Kerry Sutton, is apparently no longer with the defense team. Despite arguments from Kathleen Peterson's family that Michael Peterson is a flight risk, Judge Hudson ruled that Peterson is no longer under house arrest.

Once it was proven that the fiction writer had in fact murdered Kathleen Peterson on December 11, 2001 -- there was no reasonable doubt that for quite some time, he'd been telling outrageous lies and enlisting others to lie for him.

The reality of Kathleen Peterson's killing wasn't the only truth exposed on October 10.

n October 10, 2003, at the end of the longest trial in Durham's history, jurors returned a verdict declaring Michael Peterson guilty of murdering his wife.

Judge Orlando Hudson has ruled that Michael Peterson will get a new trial."I don't think you can call a guilty verdict anything other than a defeat," Rudolf said, "but it's not a final defeat."ot content to cap off Kathleen Peterson's brutal killing with a five-month-long legal circus, Peterson and his pals vowed to continue fighting for evil until the bitter end. North Carolina's Supreme Court has announced its rejection of Peterson's appeal."We conclude that, because the state presented overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt, independent and separate from the tainted evidence, no reversible error occurred," Justice Edward Brady wrote in the court's decision.Black also said, "I'm thankful that we've got a positive result and it's finally over."espite the final defeat, there are apparently still some in the Peterson camp who remain bitter and refuse to allow Kathleen Peterson to rest in peace.Maher told reporters he was "profoundly disappointed" by the Supreme Court's decision. He also said Peterson could opt to appeal again to the state on other motions for appropriate relief." So while we may not have heard the very last, other than empty threats and bitter grumbling, Michael Peterson is finally finished.