Court Supervision: Give Thanks

Thankfully, it was a short week.

It was a three-day week at the Will County Courthouse, so there wasn't a lot going on. It was nice while it lasted, because that's all going to change next week, starting with Monday's sentencing hearing for quadruple-killer Christopher Vaughn. Vaughn was convicted in September of murdering his wife, 34-year-old Kimberly Vaughn, and three children—Blake, 8, Cassandra, 11, and Abigayle, 12—in June 2007. Vaughn is going to get life in prison. But that's next week. In the week that just ended, we saw Coal City woman Tiffany Unland, 30, fail to convince a judge to further reduce her bond from $120,000 to $50,000. Unland already got it lowered once from $200,000. Unland allegedly killed a Palatine man in a drunken crash on Route 6 in Channahon …

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Judge Delays Drew Peterson's Sentencing Until January

The sentencing for Drew Peterson had been scheduled for Nov. 26.

Judge Delays Drew Peterson's Sentencing Until January

The sentencing for Drew Peterson had been scheduled for Nov. 26.

Drew Peterson will now be sentenced on Jan. 10 -- not on Nov. 26 as originally scheduled.  Judge Edward Burmila granted a motion by Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky to push back the sentencing, according to the Daily Herald.  Brodsky said "a series of strange events made it difficult to prepare for sentencing," according to the Daily Herald.  READ MORE:  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  There are plenty of ways to keep up on Bolingbrook news:

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