tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929098.post8211776760765135423..comments2024-03-23T08:54:02.530-07:00Comments on CRIME, GUNS, AND VIDEOTAPE: Getting Up Close and Personal with Judicial TyrannyPaul Huebl Crimefile Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841397705805774698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929098.post-30608497004859448592011-02-17T07:35:39.371-08:002011-02-17T07:35:39.371-08:00Yes,there needs to be a legal mechanism to hold th...Yes,there needs to be a legal mechanism to hold those in the courts more accountabil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929098.post-85238090622406099932011-02-16T16:04:46.492-08:002011-02-16T16:04:46.492-08:00CLOTSO: Close to off topic sort of, (What a jerk...CLOTSO: Close to off topic sort of, (What a jerk)<br /><br />In attempting to get hearsay statements admitted in Drew Peterson’s murder case, Will County prosecutors today found themselves arguing against the very law they helped create.<br /><br />Saddled with a botched police investigation several years ago, State’s Attorney James Glasgow had pushed for a state statute that would allow hearsay statements against Peterson at trial. Dubbed Drew's Law by legal experts and legislators, he hailed the bill's passage as a way of letting Peterson's third and fourth wives speak from the grave.<br /><br />Glasgow acknowledged the strange turn as he asked the Third District Appellate Court to ignore his statute in favor of the less-restrictive common law. “Ironically, I’m in a unique position here,” he told the three-member panel. “I wrote the statute.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com