Drew Peterson    Photo by Paul Huebl Joliet, IL —A jury convicted retired Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson of murder yesterday.   Peterson very publicly proclaimed his innocence and in the process became an absolute public pariah.   The media he used to assert his innocence redundantly exposed Peterson’s troubled marriages with much younger women.  The self-generated publicity backfired. Police and prosecutors lacked sufficient evidence to take action against Peterson under existing law.   There was no way to proceed with a prosecution. Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow quickly lobbied a special legislative bill that would retroactively allow him to use normally outlawed hearsay testimony as evidence in court.  Additionally, it was a special law that was designed and promulgated just for the prosecution of him and was given the popular moniker of The Drew Peterson Law . The Constitution provides thre...

Drew Peterson   Photo by Paul Huebl Joliet, IL—Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow made a non-stop mess of his questionable effort to destroy Retired Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson .  He knows that while gossip and hate may be over the top, real evidence of murder and Peterson’s possible involvement is almost non-existent. At best it can be shown that Peterson was a lousy husband and that Kathleen Savio was on a campaign to grab the marital assets of her failed marriage. She was an angry and scorned woman. Savio had her emotional problems and was taking or in some cases not taking drugs prescribed to her to keep her under control. It's also reasonable to believe that Peterson said some ugly things about and to Savio.  Divorces seldom bring out the best behavior of those involved.  The biggest problem I have is calling Savio’s death a murder.   Aside from the original investigation and autopsy are the total lack of signs...