“M” is for Murder in Marriage
by Debra Opri - Attorney and Legal Analyst To the outside world, Laci Peterson had it all. Even her parents did not suspect that her daughter was married to a liar and cheat, and perhaps, a murderer. And so it is, again, that, to the outside world, another marriage yields yet another murder. Lori Hacking had it all, or so she thought. She was married to a future doctor and facing a new life in North Carolina. Her husband, Mark Hacking, seemingly, adored her. She, and Laci Peterson, both believed they had a wonderful future ahead for themselves and their husbands. For both of these two women, and countless others, who have not risen to the level of celebrity the media randomly anoints, as in their cases, both of these women are now dead. And to the world, their husbands are the prime murder suspects. As a criminal defense attorney, it no longer surprises me that the old adage, the butler did it, no longer applies, but that the older adage for us common folk.... [...]