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Article: PETERSON PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING.(LOCAL)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- December 9, 2008
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Byline: ED TRELEVEN etreleven@madison.com 608-252-6134
In a voice that was clear and certain, Adam Peterson pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree intentional homicide for stabbing Joel Marino to death in his South Side home this year.
But for Marino's family, the question remains - why did Peterson go to Marino's house and why did he kill him?
"It was just a random act as far as we know," said Lou Marino, father of Joel Marino.
Dane County Circuit Judge James Martin sentenced Peterson, 20, a former UW-Madison student and Minnesota native, to a mandatory life prison term and turned him over to the state Department of Corrections. ...