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Jury deliberations begin in Drew Peterson murder trial

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    Steve Brown reports from Illinois

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And -- police officer who somehow kept losing his wives now Drew Peterson is facing life in prison.

Accused of murdering his third wife his feet will soon be in the hands of -- jury Steve Brown is live outside -- look at a courthouse in Joliet Illinois.

Says Steve what does the -- against Peterson.

Really -- shot.

Essentially it's hearsay the prosecution can put Kathleen -- -- Dead in her bathtub in 2004.

They have a medical expert who says afterward -- the body after initial finding that -- her death was an accident.

Can make this work can create.

-- argument that the her death was a homicide.

But in terms of pinning this all on Drew Peterson a lot of it's gonna have to deal.

Or it would depend on the jury buying into secondhand.

Accounts.

Do you have told so many people so many ways.

He was until Kathleen make it look like an accident and that's what the jury is -- here they go back to -- courtroom.

She is dead and looked like an accident.

Still it could -- done it he had a motive.

And all of this goes back to Illinois hearsay evidence law which allows statements.

That are told to other people to be brought -- as testimony even -- normally those kinds of statements are not permitted -- Boy so a lot to think about Aniston is that Jerry has a decision we'll let everybody at home now thanks so much Steve Steve Brown we.