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Drew Peterson returns to Will County court, gets new judge

snip...Sheriff’s deputies led the former Bolingbrook cop, bearded in a blue prison jumpsuit and wearing rounded glasses, into Judge Sarah Jones’ courtroom. As he entered, the bailiff gave her standard admonition to a small courtroom full of reporters and sketch artists: no talking to prisoners.

Peterson waved to the crowd and said, “That would be me.”

snip...Friday’s hearing gave attorneys a chance to “get our feet under us,” as one defense lawyer put it, now that the appeal is over. Jones assigned Peterson’s case to Judge Edward Burmila, who will preside over the trial because Peterson’s last judge retired. Burmila is a former state’s attorney who lost the office to Jim Glasgow, Peterson’s prosecutor, 20 years ago.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/...turn-to-will-county-court-gets-new-judge.html
 
Drew Peterson Attorneys Return to Court
Defense motions will be argued about testimony given by divorce attorney Harry Smith
Thursday, May 17, 2012

The defense claims Smith violated his attorney-client privilege when he testified about conversations he had with Peterson's ex-wives Kathleen Savio and Stacy Peterson.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local...151854405.html
 
Drew Peterson trial ready to begin
After 2 years of delays, judge sets July 23 jury-selection start date

Peterson told a Will County judge Thursday that he was on board with jury selection starting July 23. His trial on charges he drowned his third wife, Kathleen Savio, would begin July 30.

"Yes, your honor," Peterson told Judge Edward Burmila when asked if he was "comfortable" with that date. "I've been in solitary confinement for three years, your honor."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,2673112.story
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y-Ann-Cales-scarred-disappearance-mother.html

Revealed: How Drew Peterson's tragic fourth wife was scarred by disappearance of her mother nine years before she went missing herself
By Mike Jaccarino
PUBLISHED: 19:02 GMT, 5 August 2012 | UPDATED: 01:01 GMT, 6 August 2012


In the tragic story of Drew Peterson, accused of murdering his third wife, most attention has been focussed on the alleged victim, Kathleen Savio.
However, the fate of his fourth wife, Stacy Ann Peterson, is just as disturbing - the woman with a troubled past disappeared nearly five years ago and has never been found.
Drew Peterson has maintained Stacy last phoned him on October 28, 2007 from Crow International Airport in Bollingbrook, Illinois to inform him she was starting a new life with another man. She had a pair of children whom she adored at the time.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...arred-disappearance-mother.html#ixzz22l5rPCO1
 
Authorities: New attorney for Drew Peterson seeks to overturn conviction

"As Drew Peterson awaits sentencing for murder, a new attorney is seeking to overturn his conviction based on possible mistakes made by his defense team leader, court records show. Naperville attorney John Paul Carroll filed documents Tuesday in Will County Court asserting that he now represents the former Bolingbrook police sergeant, who was convicted last month of killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio."

"In the documents, Carroll accuses lead defense attorney Joel Brodsky of lying about his courtroom experience, forcing Peterson to engage in pretrial publicity and ignoring his request for a speedy trial. He also claims that Brodsky threatened to share unspecified information about Peterson if he fired him."

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...-overturn-conviction-20121009,0,7107606.story
 
Last Chance For Drew Peterson to Dodge Prison Sentence For Wife Slay

If Drew Peterson doesn't win his hearing for a new murder trial this week, the judge is packing him off to prison.

"Drew Peterson has one more shot to dodge a trip to Stateville, and it all comes down to a hearing scheduled to start Tuesday morning.

After more than three and a half years in the Will County jail and a five-week trial that wrapped up in September, the disgraced former Bolingbrook cop's lawyers will try to convince Judge Edward Burmila to give him a do-over.

And that's not all—matters from a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Peterson by his slain third wife's family will be shoehorned into the proceedings. And one of Peterson's current attorneys, Steve Greenberg, expects to argue that Judge Burmila should sanction former Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky.

But wait—there's more"...:

http://bolingbrook.patch.com/articl...-dodge-prison-sentence-for-wife-slay-6d94cb23
 
Drew Peterson facing sentencing Thursday if new trial bid fails

By Matthew Walberg and Steve SchmadekeTribune reporters
7:58 p.m. CST, February 20, 2013

Drew Peterson could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison Thursday if a judge rejects defense team arguments that his former lead attorney's inept trial performance violated his constitutional rights to a fair trial.

Judge Edward Burmila is expected to rule Thursday whether the former Bolingbrook police sergeant will get a new trial, a rarely granted motion.

If not, Burmila will begin a sentencing hearing at which prosecutors have said they plan to argue Peterson also killed his fourth wife, Stacy, who went missing in 2007, in asking for the maximum sentence.

Peterson, 59, was convicted by a jury last fall of first-degree murder in the 2004 bathtub drowning of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...rew-peterson-defense-20130220,0,5290449.story
 
Drew Peterson cries, screams in lengthy address to the court before receiving 38-year sentence

By Steve Schmadeke, Matthew Walberg and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune reporters

Drew Peterson wanted to make sure he was heard when he was given one last chance to speak Thursday, shortly before being sentenced to 38 years in prison for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Declining to speak from the defense table, where there was no microphone, the former Bolingbrook police sergeant shuffled to the witness stand in his jail-issued blue scrubs and orange shoes and began quietly.

"I hope I don't aggravate the situation," he turned and told the judge. Then Peterson screamed into the microphone, "I did not kill Kathleen!" startling almost everyone in the courtroom.

"Yes, you did!" Savio's sister Sue Doman yelled back from the gallery, prompting Will County Circuit Judge Edward Burmila to order her out of the courtroom.

It was an odd end to a case replete with oddities and circuslike sideshows. For the next 40 minutes, Peterson cried, raged and whispered, challenged the state's attorney to look him in the eye and indulged in self-pity as he unleashed his multitudinous thoughts like a character in a Dostoevsky novel.

The 59-year-old said he expects to die in prison. Barring any successful appeal, he won't be eligible for release until he's 93.

Peterson claimed that lies and mistakes by witnesses, prosecutors and police led to his conviction, and made disparaging remarks about Savio's family, attorneys and others involved in the case. His defense attorneys called the monologue an impassioned plea for leniency, but prosecutors said it was proof that Peterson is a psychopath.

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www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/ct-met-drew-peterson-sentencing-0222-20130222,0,4033116.story
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9hFwCIhtPE"]Savio's Sister: Peterson 'Typical Sociopath' [/ame]
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwTbymXZSBA"]Drew Peterson Press Conference[/ame]
 
Drew Peterson moved to Menard prison, 3rd prison since sentencing -


By Stacy St. Clair Tribune reporter
6:41 p.m. CST, February 28, 2013


Drew Peterson has been relocated to his third prison in less than a week.

The former Bolingbrook police sergeant is now at Menard Correctional Center, a maximum security facility that is currently on lockdown because of a recent assault on staff members.

Peterson, 59, was sentenced to 38 years in prison last week for murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. Since his sentencing, he has had stops at both Stateville and Pontiac prisons.




See more at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...20130228,0,3458222.story#sthash.qMlkbjAy.dpuf
 
Will County prosecutor Glasgow still searching for Stacy Peterson

" ◆ Translation: Sneed has learned that Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow has not given up his pursuit of convicted murderer Drew Peterson’s missing fourth wife, Stacy.

Sneed hears Glasgow plans to convene a summit of his legal eagles to revisit Stacy’s case in hopes of charging Peterson with her murder — and is preparing to announce that the $100,000 reward for information leading to Stacy’s whereabouts is still available.

◆ Set shot: “Now that Peterson is serving a 38-year sentence at the Pontiac Correctional Center for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, perhaps someone who has evidence — but was afraid to come forward because they feared Peterson would get off — will now contact us,” Glasgow told Sneed.

◆ Penalty shot: “I have been in touch with Jeff Ruby, the restaurateur from Cincinnati who offered the $100,000 reward before the Peterson trial, and he is willing to keep the reward going until we find Stacy,” he said."

more @

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/...asgow-still-searching-for-stacy-peterson.html
 
Judge refers ex-Peterson attorney's remarks to disciplinary panel

Denies defense team's motions to reduce sentence and gag Joel Brodsky, but calls former lead lawyer's public statements shocking


By Steve Schmadeke, Chicago Tribune reporter
6:30 a.m. CST, March 6, 2013



The judge who oversaw the Drew Peterson murder trial said in court Tuesday that he was shocked by some public statements made by Peterson's former lead attorney and would bring them to the attention of the state's disciplinary body for lawyers.

Judge Edward Burmila denied motions by Peterson's defense team to reduce his 38-year sentence to the minimum of 20 years and to silence former Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky regarding the case, said Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for the Will County state's attorney's office.

Although Burmila denied the motion on Brodsky, he ordered the court clerk to send a transcript of the hearing to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, Pelkie said. The judge was concerned about statements Brodsky made on WGN-TV after the sentencing, Pelkie said.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...eterson-brodsky-0306-20130306,0,6869609.story
 
Convicted killer Drew Peterson fears for life in prison, report says

"Convicted murderer Drew Peterson now fears for his own life as he serves his 38-year prison sentence in an Illinois prison, according to letters written to his attorney and obtained by MyFoxChicago.com."
“I’m in a cell the size of a broom closet, peeling paint, rusting fixtures, I have no TV or anything and I haven’t been out since I got here...”


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/0...eterson-fears-for-life-in-prison-report-says/
 
Peterson appeal should see movement in 2014

Drew Peterson is expected to formally challenge his conviction next month — and his attorneys apparently have plenty to say about it.

Peterson's lawyers recently submitted their third request for permission to exceed the 50-page limit imposed on appeal briefs in Illinois — only to be swiftly denied by the 3rd District Appellate Court for the third time.

In a motion filed this month, Peterson's attorneys said his case has generated more than 11,000 pages of court records, including 3,000 pages stemming from the landmark hearsay hearing held two years before his murder trial. The trial transcript contains more than 5,000 pages, according to the filing.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-drew-peterson-appeal-20131225,0,3541332.story
 
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