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The [Friday] Papers"Moments after screaming in court, 'I did not kill Kathleen,' Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2004 murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio," the Tribune reports. "Peterson had faced as much as 60 years, but Judge Edward Burmila said he gave Peterson some consideration for his years as a police officer and his service in the military." Shouldn't the fact that Peterson committed his crime[s] while working as a cop have worked against him instead of being a mitigating factor? And wasn't it Peterson's status as a police officer that shielded him from scrutiny for years? C'mon, judge! * "In my private life, I ran up to six companies at one time," Peterson said in court. "I employed nearly 100 people." I haven't followed the details of this case closely, so that's new to me. He ran six companies at one time? Security firms? Multilevel marketing? * Oh. Okay, that's one . . . * On to a more important aspect of this case . . . After the sentencing, the former police officer's defense team told reporters they would appeal the conviction, saying the trial had been riddled with problems. That's still getting reported in some quarters, and that's certainly the impression I once had, but back in September when Peterson was convicted a faithful reader called me out on an item I wrote referring to "Drew's Law" and it checked out. His e-mail: "1. Judge Judy doesn't even allow hearsay evidence, and it's more than a little disconcerting that the General Assembly passed "Drew's Law" specifically for this case (which proved to be crucial)." Indeed. My reply: As far as I can tell, you're right. Which means the bulk of reporting is wrong, but this indeed seems to be the case. I added a corrective update to the item. He replied: I'm an attorney and I followed this case closely. The media reporting on this makes me really sick b/c most have been lead to believe that the State went out of its way to enact a law that targeted one person, and then convicted him on it. And he is. * Previously . . . From The [Friday] Papers (item No.9), February 2008: "Joe Hosey of the Sun-Times Media Group's Joliet Herald News has parlayed his coverage of Drew Peterson into a book deal," Phil Rosenthal reports in the Tribune. (Low in column) * From Nobody Should Play Drew Peterson In A Lifetime Movie, June 2011: The media is asking the wrong question. It's not a matter of whether Rob Lowe is the "right choice" to play Drew Peterson in a Lifetime movie, it's whether anyone should play him in any movie. * From Watch Rob Lowe Actually Take His Role As Drew Peterson In A Crappy Lifetime Movie Seriously, January 2012: Meanwhile, Shorewood Patch editor Joe Hosey, who wrote the book that the movie is based on, gushes (without disclaimer) that "Lifetime has a new two-minute commercial for Drew Peterson: Untouchable, and it is packed with action and drama. I mean, that movie had it all. - Hyenas & Scrod The Week In Chicago Rock - The Beachwood Tip Line: Touchable. Posted on February 22, 2013 |
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