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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

New Peterson Attorney Hopes to Overturn Conviction, Cites Mistakes by Defense

A Naperville attorney accuses Joel Brodsky of forcing Peterson into pre-trial publicity and threatening to leak information if he was fired.

A Naperville attorney filed documents in Will County court Tuesday asserting he is now representing Drew Peterson and he hopes to overturn Peterson's conviction based on mistakes made by the defense team.  John Paul Carroll accuses lead Peterson defense attorney Joel Brodsky of lying about his courtroom experience, forcing Peterson into pre-trial publicity and threatening to leak information about Peterson if he was fired, according to the Chicago Tribune.  READ MORE:  “Attorney Brodsky had lied to Mr. Peterson on a number of occasions and when Mr. Peterson discovered the lies and talked about possibly discharging attorney Brodsky and retaining other counsel, attorney Brodsky indicated that in the event he was discharged, he would be …

kilo charlie

10:01 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

the bufoonery just continues. to say that joel brodskys performance in court was below acceptable standards is the understatement of the year. it's very difficult to get a case overturned for that reason. "brodsky forced drew into all the pretrial publicity" LOL. no body had a gun to drews head when he was outside his house all the time joking it up with the media. justice has been served.   more ›

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Chicago Tribune Reports Drew Peterson Dropping Nonexistent Appeal: Update!

Update: The Chicago Tribune changed its headline — is it because they saw this?

The Chicago Tribune reported today that Drew Peterson is dropping an appeal that he never made in the first place. "Drew Peterson drops appeal, says he's ready for trial to begin," blares the story's headline (which has since been changed. Now he's dropping a "battle." Can you drop a battle?). Except there's no appeal to drop. The story also said Peterson's lawyers sent a motion to the Third District Appellate Court in Ottawa in hopes of hurrying the case along by waiving a mandatory 35-day waiting period. Except for the 35-day waiting period is mandatory. Peterson has been locked up in the Will County jail for nearly three years while he waits on the start of his trial on charges he murdered his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson is …

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Bob

3:30 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

I really doubt he would flee very far , his face has been on almost every newspaper and tv talk show.   more ›

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