Drew Peterson Back In Court Tuesday To Ask For New Trial
Convicted murderer Drew Peterson goes back to court in Will County tomorrow, hoping to convince a judge to grant him a new trial, reports WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.
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Convicted murderer Drew Peterson goes back to court in Will County tomorrow, hoping to convince a judge to grant him a new trial, reports WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.
Drew Peterson's former lawyer, Joel Brodsky, thinks he's found a reason for Peterson to get a new trial.
A DePaul University Legal Analyst is giving Drew Peterson only a slim chance for reversal of his murder conviction.
On Thursday, Judge Edward Burmila set a Feb. 19 hearing date for the motion for a new trial.
Drew Peterson's former lawyers are weighing in on a motion filed by his current lawyers, arguing for a new trial, based, in part, on the decision to call a witness whose testimony was damaging to the defense.
Drew Peterson's lawyers have filed a motion seeking to have his conviction tossed out, because of ineffective counsel by former lead defense attorney Joel Brodsky.
The Will County judge who presided over Drew Peterson's murder trial had to sort through some legal drama on Friday, about what attorneys would represent the former Bolingbrook police officer going forward.
A Naperville lawyer has filed a motion for a new trial for Drew Peterson.
A Naperville pastor who testified against Drew Peterson in his murder trial is using his notoriety for a higher purpose.
The pathologist who ruled Kathleen Savio was the victim of a homicide after authorities reopened their investigation into her death said being skeptical was the key to determining it was no simple accident.
One of Drew Peterson's defense attorneys is furious at remarks made by his former co-counsel after he was fired from the defense team.
One of Drew Peterson's lawyers has some interesting things to say about the kind of life Peterson will be living in the next couple of months.
Jurors in the Drew Peterson trial said the hearsay testimony in the trial was "extremely critical" in reaching a guilty verdict.
With the guilty verdict for Drew Peterson this week, a neighbor of the former Bolingbrook police sergeant says it is now time to put all efforts toward solving the case of Peterson's missing fourth wife, Stacy.
One of Drew Peterson's sons says he is disappointed that his father has been convicted of murdering the young man's mother.
The former Bolingbrook police sergeant will be sentenced Nov. 26 and faces a prison sentence of up to 60 years in the death of Kathleen Savio.
The jurors in the Drew Peterson trial asked the judge what "unanimous" meant Thursday afternoon as they continued their deliberations.
Jurors Thursday will resume weighing whether Is Drew Peterson a cold-blooded killer, or a victim of an overzealous prosecution.
A defense attorney for Drew Peterson told jurors Tuesday that prosecutors "are trying to nail Jell-O to a tree," and have no evidence that Peterson killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Anxious -- that's how one of Drew Peterson's defense attorney's described himself the day before closing arguments in Peterson's murder trial.
Jurors in the Drew Peterson murder trial will hear closing arguments after the Labor Day weekend and presumably begin deliberations soon after.
Drew Peterson's defense team has rested its case, after Peterson informed the judge he won't be testifying on his own behalf.
Two pathologists testifying for Drew Peterson's defense team said Kathleen Savio fell in her bathtub, knocked herself unconscious, and drowned -- rebutting testimony from prosecution experts that her death was a homicide.
The prosecution has rested its case in the Drew Peterson's murder trial.
The Drew Peterson trial has wrapped for the week.
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