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 The Illinois Attorney General's Office charged Drew Peterson, 61,
with felony crimes of solicitation of murder for hire and
solicitation of murder, according to the indictment.
Prosecutors allege that Peterson solicited a person to carry out a
murder-for-hire plot against Will County State's Attorney James
Glasgow between September 2013 and December 2014.
Peterson made an initial appearance on the charges on Monday in
Randolph County Court, the county where he is in prison. A
preliminary hearing is set for March 3.
In February 2013, Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for
the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio during a
contentious divorce.
 Savio was found dead in a bathtub, and her death was at first ruled
accidental. Suspicions were raised when Peterson's fourth wife,
Stacy Peterson, disappeared in 2007.
During the sentencing hearing two years ago, Glasgow said to
Peterson, a former police sergeant in Bolingbrook, Illinois: "You're
a cold-blooded murderer and I'll stare you down until I die."
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The Peterson case was the inspiration for a popular Lifetime
television network movie, "Untouchable," starring Rob Lowe as
Peterson.
The Illinois state legislature passed a law, dubbed "Drew's law," in
response to the case, loosening requirements for circumstantial
evidence.
(Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales; Editing by Fiona Ortiz and Sandra
Maler)
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