Drew Peterson Trial Discussion #2

Peterson to stand trial in July on murder-for-hire charges
Posted 9:46 pm, April 14, 2015, by Associated Press, Updated at 09:45pm, April 14, 2015

CHESTER, Ill. (AP) _ The former suburban Chicago police officer charged with trying to kill the prosecutor who helped put him in prison for his third wife’s death will stand trial in southern Illinois this summer.

http://fox2now.com/2015/04/14/peterson-to-stand-trial-in-july-on-murder-for-hire-charges/

Tx, CP. I thot we were done with this one!

This article is from February, but still interesting...


Inmate says Drew Peterson claimed to have dumped Stacy Peterson in Lake Michigan
Posted 10:08 AM, February 25, 2015, by WGN Web Desk

RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ill. — A letter sent to former Drew Peterson Attorney Joel Brodsky, from a prison inmate, claims that Peterson once told a mutual cellmate that he “dumped Stacy Peterson is in Lake Michigan.”

Read more:  http://wgntv.com/2015/02/25/inmate-says-drew-peterson-claimed-to-have-dumped-stacy-peterson-in-lake-michigan/

Bolingbrook panel meeting to decide fate of Drew Peterson’s pension
Posted 12:47 PM, April 24, 2015, by Julian Crews

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — Bolingbrook officials are holding a hearing Friday to determine if former police sergeant Drew Peterson should lose his annual $79,000 police pension after being convicted of murdering his wife.

The five-member Bolingbrook Police Pension Board must find that Peterson used his law enforcement powers or skills in the 2004 killing of Kathleen Savio, his third wife.

Read more:  http://wgntv.com/2015/04/24/bolingbrook-panel-meeting-to-decide-fate-of-drew-petersons-pension/

Drew Peterson police pension hearing begins
Saturday April 25, 2015 12:01 AM

CHICAGO—Bolingbrook officials held a hearing Friday to determine whether former Sgt. Drew Peterson should lose his annual $79,000 police pension after being convicted of murdering his wife, but they haven’t come to any conclusions yet.

...The five-member pension board — which includes three of Peterson’s former law enforcement co-workers — will act almost like jurors in the case. At Atwell’s request, the board has filed a subpoena for Peterson to give a deposition in prison. Greenberg objected, and the board will meet again in June to determine whether it has this authority.

Read more:  http://readingeagle.com/ap/article/drew-peterson-police-pension-hearing-begins

Peterson Trial Set for July 6
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 10:05 pm | Updated: 9:12 am, Wed Apr 15, 2015.

Drew Peterson, who has been awaiting trial on murder-for-hire charges relating to an alleged scheme to kill Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow, appeared at the Randolph County Courthouse April 14 for a case management conference.

The hearing lasted a total of eight minutes, but a July 6 trial date was set. Proceedings will begin with jury selection at 9 a.m. that day.

Read more:  http://www.buglenewspapers.com/bolingbrook/article_4bc340fc-e31c-11e4-8862-431d29ec3428.html

Drew Peterson's new attorneys argue for a new trial (Video)

Drew Peterson was not in court May 21, 2015, although his name was mentioned plenty of times while the new attorneys argued for a new trial. A decision is not expected for months. (WGN TV)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-video-drew-petersons-new-attorneys-argue-for-a-new-trial-20150521-embeddedvideo.html

Drew Peterson's lawyers appealing murder conviction

Published May 21, 2015 · Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ill. – A state appeals court is hearing arguments from lawyers seeking to overturn the murder conviction of former suburban Chicago police sergeant Drew Peterson in his third wife's 2004 death.

The Chicago Tribune reports that attorneys for the ex-Bolingbrook officer are challenging his 2012 conviction. They claim prosecutors shouldn't have been allowed to present secondhand evidence and Peterson's previous lawyer provided ineffective counsel.

The arguments are Thursday in the Third District Court of Appeals.

Read more:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/21/appeals-court-to-consider-drew-peterson-challenge-to-2012-conviction-in-3rd/

Drew Peterson Case Hits Appellate Court -- Lawyer Says 'Boneheaded' Move Should Trigger New Trial
By Joseph Hosey (Patch Staff) May 21, 2015


...Brodsky and Peterson, along with a Florida-based publicist, entered into a media contract soon after the disappearance of Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, in October 2007, Greenberg said. He argued that the ill-conceived idea to make money and gain fame was improper and against Peterson’s self-interest.

Greenberg also criticized Brodsky’s decision to call Savio’s divorce attorney, Harry Smith, to the witness stand. Brodsky had apparently hoped Smith’s testimony would sully Stacy’s character. Instead, Smith repeatedly hammered home to the jury that Stacy told him Peterson killed Savio. Jurors later said Smith’s testimony clinched the guilty verdict.

“It was so frankly boneheaded to do,” Greenberg said of Brodsky’s trial strategy.

Read more:  http://patch.com/illinois/channahon-minooka/drew-peterson-case-hits-appellate-court-lawyer-says-boneheaded-move-should-trigger-new-trial

Drew Peterson murder-for-hire trial delayed until Aug. 28
Posted: 05/22/2015, 11:32am | Associated Press

CHESTER, Ill. — A southern Illinois judge has granted Drew Peterson’s request to delay his trial on charges that the former suburban Chicago police sergeant plotted to kill the prosecutor who helped convict him in the death of Kathleen Savio, his third wife.

The Randolph County trial had been scheduled to begin July 6. But Peterson’s lawyer said Friday in a brief hearing that the 61-year-old ex-Bolingbrook officer needs more time to prepare.

Read more:  http://chicago.suntimes.com/news-chicago/7/71/628121/drew-peterson-murder-hire-trial-delayed-aug-28

Drew Peterson ordered to testify at pension hearing
Posted 8:23 AM, June 11, 2015, by WGN Web Desk, Updated at 08:47am, June 11, 2015

...The board wants to know whether Peterson used any of his police training to kill Savio.

Read more:  http://wgntv.com/2015/06/11/peterson-ordered-to-testify-at-pension-hearing/

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Since he denies having killed her, I wonder what good that will do.  Just sayin...

Drew Peterson heading back to court

Peterson accused of accused of trying to murder prosecutor from behind bars

Author: By Jean Casarez CNN

Published On: Jun 30 2015 11:39:03 AM EDT   Updated On: Jun 30 2015 01:35:23 PM EDT

(CNN) -  If you thought wife murderer Drew Peterson was done with the legal system, think again.

Peterson is now accused of trying to murder -- from behind bars -- the prosecutor who put him there. This summer, he's scheduled to be back in a courtroom, this time on two counts of murder solicitation.

Peterson has pleaded not guilty to the charges that he hired someone to kill James Glasgow, a renowned Illinois prosecutor who won the conviction in 2012 that sent Peterson away for 38 years. The former Chicago-area police sergeant was found guilty of murdering his ex-wife, Kathleen Savio.

To this day, questions still loom about Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Cales Peterson, who disappeared in October 2007.

A CNN special report, "Married to a Murderer: The Drew Peterson Story," takes a fresh look at how Peterson went from a police officer to a convicted killer.

Read more:

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/drew-peterson-heading-back-to-court/33849598

Drew Peterson: Four wives, a death and a disappearance
By Jean Casarez, CNN  Updated 10:40 AM ET, Wed July 1, 2015


Watch Jean Casarez's CNN Special Report, "Married to a Murderer: The Drew Peterson Story," Saturday at 6 p.m. ET/PT.

Read more:  http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/30/us/drew-peterson-trial/

Drew Peterson's murder-for-hire trial again delayed
Written By Associated Press Posted: 07/07/2015, 06:15am

CHESTER — A judge has delayed Drew Peterson’s murder-for-hire trial.

...Peterson was scheduled for trial next month, but the judge agreed Tuesday to delay the trial until Nov. 13 to give both sides more time to prepare.

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news-chicago/7/71/750471/drew-peterson-murder-for-hire-trial-delayed

Judge closes start of Drew Peterson pretrial hearing

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 10:52 p.m. CD

By The ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHESTER – A southern Illinois judge closed the start of a pretrial hearing for convicted murder Drew Peterson in a murder-for-hire case to consider whether prosecutors can submit certain evidence of his past conduct.

The former suburban Chicago police officer is accused of soliciting a prison inmate to kill Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow, the prosecutor who helped convict Peterson of killing his third wife. Peterson has pleaded not guilty in the case.

The Randolph County Herald-Tribune reported the trial judge closed the Tuesday hearing for more than one hour at the request of Peterson’s defense lawyer to avoid influencing the opinions of potential jurors in advance of the mid-November trial.

The judge did not immediately rule on several motions submitted by lawyers on both sides.

http://www.theherald-news.com/2015/09/02/judge-closes-start-of-drew-peterson-pretrial-hearing/ava7xr1/

Peterson’s attorney wants recordings tossed in murder-for-hire case
September 17, 2015  

The lawyer representing Drew Peterson in a murder-for-hire case will argue later this month that recordings of conversations should be barred from the trial.

...Lucas Liefer, Peterson’s attorney, has filed a motion raising concerns about the way the eavesdropping orders were obtained, including the authorization form signed by Glasgow, the target of the alleged murder-for-hire plot; the judge meeting with the informants nearly three months before the application for the eavesdrop was filed; and documents missing from the sealed eavesdrop file.

“The State’s actions of impropriety on almost every level in pursuing the eavesdropping order offends society’s sense of fair play and decency,” Leifer wrote. “The conduct of the state’s attorney, chief deputy and chief judge shocks the conscious to the extent that justice can no longer be served in this proceeding.”

“Defendants can make any allegation they wish,” said Randolph County State’s Attorney Jeremy Walker. “We will be happy to prove the veracity of those recordings in court.”

...Liefer and Walker will argue the motion in the latest case on Sept. 29 before Randolph County Judge Richard Brown.

(BBM)

Read more here:  http://www.bnd.com/news/local/crime/article35564160.html

​Drew Peterson murder-for-hire trial delayed until February
By Crimesider Staff AP September 29, 2015, 2:30 PM

...A Randolph County judge on Tuesday granted a request for more time by Peterson's court-appointed attorney. A trial set to begin in November is now scheduled to start Feb. 29.

(BBM)

Read more:  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/drew-peterson-murder-for-hire-trial-delayed-until-february/

Drew Peterson loses appeal; court upholds murder conviction, sentence
By Stacey Baca
Updated 2 hrs 4 mins ago

OTTAWA, Ill. (WLS) -- An Illinois appellate court affirmed Drew Peterson's conviction and sentence on Friday. The former Bolingbrook police sergeant is serving a 38-year sentence for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

...In the Savio case, the third district court wrote this week that the "...evidence was sufficient to prove defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt..."

...Peterson's attorney already plans to appeal. Nick Savio says he expected that, and still feels confident.

"They have failed three times already now, and I have faith they will fail a fourth time," Nick Savio said.

Peterson's attorney said he will file an appeal with the Illinois Supreme Court by the end of the year.

Read more:  http://abc7chicago.com/news/drew-peterson-murder-conviction-sentence-upheld/1083102/

He is going to get his appeal.  Unbelievable.

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Snip  The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in the case of Drew Peterson, the former police officer who was convicted in 2012 of murder in the death of his third wife.

Lawyers for Peterson asked the high court to toss the murder conviction earlier this year, arguing he was denied a fair trial due to the use of so-called hearsay statements and other allegedly critical errors during court proceedings in Will County.

Just getting a hearing is rare: legal experts say the Illinois Supreme Court rejects 95 percent of requests.

"It's a big deal. Realistically, I would be somewhat optimistic if I was Mr. Peterson," said Richard Kling, a clinical professor of law at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.  End Snip


http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-Supreme-Court-Agrees-to-Hear-Drew-Peterson-Appeal-374030401.html

Brown hears arguments on Peterson motions
By Pete Spitler, Staff Writer
Posted Apr. 22, 2016 at 2:42 PM

With less than a month to go before jury selection for his murder-for-hire trial, Drew Peterson was back in Randolph County Court on Friday.

Attorneys on both sides of the case argued three motions - to limit the impeachment of Individual A, to suppress evidence from allegedly inaudible portions of the recordings at the center of the case, and to clarify a decision from Circuit Court Judge Richard A. Brown on a motion from April 2015.

...During a lengthy discussion on Friday, Brown allowed the prosecution to use Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow - who prosecuted Peterson’s original murder conviction and whom Peterson is accused of trying to find someone to kill - as a witness during the prosecution’s opening statements of the trial.

...The parties agreed to return for a final pretrial conference on May 13 at 9 a.m.

Read more:  http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/article/20160422/NEWS/160429779/?Start=3

Drew Peterson set to return to court for murder-for-hire trial
By Matthew Walberg
May 16, 2016  6:36 PM

...On Friday, jurors will again file into a courtroom, this time in the tiny Randolph County Courthouse in downstate Chester where Peterson is to stand trial on charges he attempted to find a hit man to kill Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow.

...The solicitation-for-murder trial is expected to last about a week, according to a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office, which is assisting the Randolph County state's attorney's office with the prosecution. If convicted, Peterson could face 60 years in prison in addition to his sentence for Savio's murder.

Read more:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-drew-peterson-trial-jury-selection-met-20160515-story.html

Prosecutors: Peterson offered inmate $10K to kill prosecutor

CHESTER, Ill. — A southern Illinois prosecutor says former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson offered a fellow inmate $10,000 to kill the state's attorney who prosecuted him for the death of his third wife.

The Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/1OSy4KT ) reports that Randolph County State's Attorney Jeremy Walker gave his opening statement Monday in Peterson's murder-for-hire trial. Walker told jurors that the ex-Bolingbrook police sergeant was motivated by "anger, hatred, revenge."

Read more:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/prosecutors-peterson-offered-inmate-dollar10k-to-kill-prosecutor/ar-BBtmAxQ?ocid=spartandhp

Drew Peterson Admitted to Killing His Missing Wife Stacy Peterson, Inmate Testifies
By Steve Helling @stevehelling
05/24/2016 AT 01:35 PM EDT

For nearly a decade, Drew Peterson has steadfastly maintained his innocence in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy. In public statements and court records, he has alleged that the then-25-year-old woman left him for another man.

...But now an inmate has come forward alleging that Peterson admitted that Stacy Peterson is a "dead woman," and that he had killed her.

Read more:  http://www.people.com/article/drew-peterson-admits-stacey-peterson-dead-inmate-recording-testimony

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Prosecutors: Peterson offered inmate $10K to kill prosecutor

CHESTER, Ill. — A southern Illinois prosecutor says former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson offered a fellow inmate $10,000 to kill the state's attorney who prosecuted him for the death of his third wife.

The Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/1OSy4KT ) reports that Randolph County State's Attorney Jeremy Walker gave his opening statement Monday in Peterson's murder-for-hire trial. Walker told jurors that the ex-Bolingbrook police sergeant was motivated by "anger, hatred, revenge."

Read more:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/prosecutors-peterson-offered-inmate-dollar10k-to-kill-prosecutor/ar-BBtmAxQ?ocid=spartandhp

He is bad news to the core.
I am not surprised by the allegation.

Recordings: Drew Peterson tried to keep authorities guessing on wife's whereabouts

By Matthew Walberg
Chicago Tribune

May 25, 2016, 1:11 PM |CHESTER, Ill.

Drew Peterson believed authorities were listening to conversations with his murder trial attorneys and would say things about his missing wife's whereabouts to keep them guessing, according to recordings played in court Wednesday.

Peterson is on trial in Randolph County, accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow. Menard Correctional Center inmate Antonio Smith worked with authorities to record conversations between Smith and Peterson over several days in November 2014.

~Snipped~

In a conversation from Nov. 16, 2014, Peterson talked about making authorities think Stacy Peterson was in Peoria and that she might show up to testify at his murder trial.

"You know how many times me and my lawyer knew they were listening? And we were telling them like, 'She's in Peoria,'" Drew Peterson says on the recording played in court Wednesday.

"The next week, they were there. They were tearing up (expletive) Peoria."

Peterson then says he "had them believing Stacy was going to come and testify" and claims Glasgow and the prosecution team were "on the edge waiting for this to happen."

Read more:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-drew-peterson-trial-day-3-met-20160525-story.html

Snitch Says Drew Peterson Didn't Care If Glasgow Was Killed 'Execution Style,' But That Part Wasn't Recorded

The convict’s wire wasn’t on when Peterson allegedly made the shocking statement but was running when he told of his affinity for romcoms.

Joliet, IL

By Joseph Hosey (Patch Staff) - May 25, 2016 6:04 pm ET

CHESTER, IL — The prison snitch who secretly recorded Drew Peterson for the FBI claimed the disgraced former cop told him he didn’t care whether or not a prosecutor’s killing was done “execution style.”

The snitch, 25-year-old Antonio “Beast” Smith, failed to catch that damning statement on the recording device he had been provided by the FBI. So far, after three days and hours of recorded conversations between Peterson, Smith and other prisoners, Peterson has yet to order Glasgow’s murder.

Read more:

http://patch.com/illinois/joliet/snitch-says-drew-peterson-didnt-care-if-glasgow-was-killed-execution-style-part-wasnt-recorded

Jury finds Drew Peterson guilty in murder-for-hire plot
By Michelle Gallardo
Updated 33 mins ago

CHESTER, Ill. (WLS) --
A jury has found former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson guilty of trying to hire an inmate's uncle to kill Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow.

The jury started deliberating at about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, after closing arguments in the trial that started last week. They reached a verdict about an hour later, finding Peterson guilty of murder for hire and solicitation of murder.

...Peterson is scheduled to be sentenced on July 26.

(BBM)

Read more:  http://abc7chicago.com/news/jury-finds-drew-peterson-guilty-in-murder-for-hire-plot/1364014/

About time to adjust his thinking....

This article is from last month, but I've been looking for the result of this decision.


Drew Peterson loses police pension day after murder-for-hire conviction
Sun-Times Media Wire  Friday, June 03, 2016

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. -- A day after Drew Peterson was convicted of trying to take out a hit on the prosecutor who led Peterson's prosecution for murder, the former crooked cop finally lost his pension.

Read more:  http://abc7chicago.com/news/drew-peterson-loses-bolingbrook-police-pension-/1369791/

Drew Peterson to be sentenced Friday in murder-for-hire plot
Posted 10:13 AM, July 28, 2016, by WGN Web Desk

CHICAGO — Drew Peterson will be sentenced Friday for his conviction on charges of trying to have Will County Prosecutor James Glasgow killed.

Read more:  http://wgntv.com/2016/07/28/drew-peterson-to-be-sentenced-friday-in-murder-for-hire-plot/

Drew Peterson Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison in Murder-for-Hire Case
Published 19 minutes ago
Copyright SunTimes

Drew Peterson has been sentenced to another 40 years in prison after being convicted of murder-for-hire when he tried to have the prosecutor who first put him in jail killed.

A judge ruled Friday that Peterson will serve another 40 years after he finishes his 38-year sentence for the killing of his third wife Kathleen Savio. He will also have three years of supervision.

Read more:  http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/drew-peterson-sentencing-set-388637822.html

^^^^


He is amazingly DUMB!
How has he survived this long?
How did he hold a JOB with his mentality????

Not sire sure if this has been shared.
This is the story and vid where he hopes for the "early Christmas present" in discussing the murder...
http://wgntv.com/2016/05/24/testimony-continues-in-drew-peterson-murder-for-hire-trial/

Ex-Chicago cop and convicted wife killer Drew Peterson is attacked in maximum security federal prison by a fellow inmate with a food tray

"... Former suburban Chicago police officer and convicted wife killer Drew Peterson was reportedly jumped by another inmate at an Indiana prison, just months after he was moved to the new facility for tighter security.

The inmate, who was not identified, attacked Peterson, 63, with a food tray on March 29 in the dining area of the maximum-security federal facility in Terre Haute, according to Fox News.

Peterson was not seriously injured and was separated from the prison's general population afterwards...."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4406086/Ex-cop-wife-killer-Drew-Peterson-attacked-prison.html