Drew Peterson Defense Adds New Members To The Already Crowded Circus Ring?

According to reporter Joe Hosey and author of the book Fatal Vows who has been covering the Drew Peterson case since 2004, the total number on the defense team is now up to six.

In my opinion, of note joining the team, or should I say "train wreck," is defense attorney and legal commentator Steven A. Greenberg. I am surprised because of Greenberg’s criticisms in the past to my favorite legal marshmallow roaster (notorious for passing out monogrammed pens and handing out chicken wings with sauce to reporters) because he couldn’t control the client

I happen to know Greenberg from other cases through the years. He is one of Illinois more skilled defense lawyers. So why is he wasting his talent and representing the former Bolingbrook police Sergeant?

In an interview over a year ago ,and as a legal commentator, defense attorney Steve Greenberg, who has analyzed the Peterson saga for national news shows--
"The second Savio autopsy is just a different interpretation of the injuries," he said. "The same injuries were documented in the first one, but what apparently happened is it was treated differently because Drew Peterson was a police officer. It's just a fact that authorities at the time took his story and didn't really look into it."
Greenberg said he doesn't expect Glasgow will undercut his own case by running from the first autopsy, however.
"He'll say, 'That was just that pathologist's opinion at the time, but it's really up to you to decide,'" he said. Glasgow will then point to the injuries noted in both autopsies and ask the jury to use common sense.
"He'll ask, 'Do you think that someone who falls in a bathtub would have 17 bruises on their body?"

In my opinion this one is all about the media gravy train. I’ll bet a dozen pair of pantyhose Steven Greenberg has taken this case pro-bono.

Regardless, Greenberg wins either way and has nothing to lose by being part of the already crowded circus act. Wish there was a way to put an attorney on the stand when they make "expert in their opinion" remarks

and hold them accountable. Reminds me of another attorney Mark Geragos.

[For the very latest on the Peterson case visit http://www.petersonstory.wordpress.com/ the trial starts June, 14, 2010]

Been there, done that…” Susan Murphy- Milano has turned a tired phrase into demonstrable realism through the gift of her newly published book, "TIME'S UP: A GUIDE ON HOW TO LEAVE AND SURVIVE ABUSIVE AND STALKING RELATIONSHIPS

"Arresting Developments"

In North Carolina Prosecutors announced they will be seeking the death penalty for the murder of Kelly Currin Morris, 28, the mother who vanished without a trace from her home in September of 2008.

In November of 2009, police recovered Kelly's remains and her husband was immediately arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Meanwhile the remains of Bolingbrook, IL, mom Stacy Peterson who would have turned 26 years old yesterday has yet to be found. Friends and family continue to look for the mother and wife of former police Sgt. Drew Peterson. Today court continues while a Will County Judge is holding hearings and decides whether or not the hearsay evidence will be allowed in the trial for the murder of wife #3 Kathleen Savio for which Peterson was arrested and charged last May.

It seems my favorite legal marshmallow roaster was outside of the Illinois courthouse doing a public relations stunt by handing out pens with his name emblazoned on them.

What’s next, boxes of free chicken wings printed with the name and address of the law firm?

For up to date happenings on the Peterson case head on over HERE to the Justice Cafe' Site.

"Fire Starter"

Today, my colleague Delilah from the Internet sites Peace4Missing, Mothers are Vanishing and Time's Up discussed how one case in particular fueled awareness and change. That case is Stacy Peterson. All rolled into one here is a case where the person has vanished, she was married to someone in law enforcement, domestic violence was a constant theme, connected a prior wife of Peterson's whom was found dead in a bathtub, a crime scene compromised and a grand jury investigation swayed towards the side of politics by a former questionable State's Attorney whom took an oath of office and buried the truth for any hope of justice in the very soil with it's victim Kathleen Savio.

In outrage over Stacy's apparent murder, sites all over Internet were born. Peace4Missing came out of a need to do more for victims and their families, Where is Stacy, Jurorthirteen, Justice Interrupted, Mothers Are Vanishing, Peterson Story, Levi Page Show on Blog talk radio, Time's Up, Justice Cafe, LostNMissing, Murphy Milano's Journal, We Want Her Found, other sites such as Behind The Blue Wall and a Candy Rose that built an amazing time-line on the entire case.

The cable network shows such as Nancy Grace, Greta, Geraldo, Larry King, Jane Valdez-Mitchell, Dana Pretzer's Scared Monkeys radio, MSNBC and others who in discussing this case brought the issue and its' victims of murder and family violence into the homes of millions of American's.

The books written by reporter Joe Hosey "Fatal Vows"and Stacy Dittrich "Murder Behind the Badge." And the upcomming book "Time's Up" was fueled and written so that victims of violence would have a fighting chance to stay alive while leaving their abusers, to be released in 2010, because of the Stacy Peterson case.

The blogs and social networking sites too many to name written by such sites as the Coalition of Crime Bloggers, Help Find The Missing, Websleuths , Women In Crime Ink.

The Illinois Hearsay law was enacted after Stacy's disappearance.

Thousands of people most whom I have never met, have changed the lives of so many others, all because of one woman, Stacy Peterson.

Think of her someplace directing traffic if you will, from the heavens. She is not sitting on some beach roasting marshmallows or eating dryed out chicken wings. Stacy's voice is finallly being heard and the world is listening.

Drew Peterson: The Circus Act Continue's

Media Darling Drew Peterson and the "Legal Media Marshmallow Roaster" are headed to New York for another yet another round with Matt Lauer. Today marks the fourth month anniversary in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, mother, sister, spouse and in my opinion, murder victim. The nation has watched patiently, waiting, until Stacy Peterson's case is solved. And while we wait, all we get is more of the same. A circus act to be sure as two grown men walk and talk in pathetic costume. Each, ever so carefully speaking the universal language of those in our world who have been arrested, charged, swat team visited and perhaps murdered those they profess to love. The native tongue is at times clever and manipulative. Their tribe is called: Abuser.

For more information on how you can assist the Stacy Peterson family, tips, leads, follow the case, or attend the fundraiser, please visit http://www.findstacypeterson.com/

It has been a busy twenty-four hours at the Peterson household. On Wednesday at nine in the morning, four armed police officers knocked at the door and served subpoena's for both the teenage boys to appear before the grand jury, today at nine in the morning. Unless Peterson has another rabbit to pull out of his cap, while he in doing his media dance, the boys will be at the grand jury hearing pertaining to their mother, Kathleen Savio.

Excerpts from http://www.chicagotribune.com/ ---In yet another turn of events, Peterson will have his personal items returned within the next few weeks। But, just a couple hours ago, Peterson's gun card permit was revoked. So Peterson's firearms will not be returned because he has no legal license to own or carry weapons.
Under the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Act, a card may only be revoked for specific reasons, such as a conviction for a felony or domestic battery within five years, admittance to a mental health facility, providing false information on an application for the card and being subject to an existing order of protection.A card also may be revoked if the cardholder's mental condition is found to present a clear danger to the person or other people. Some denials or revocations occur automatically when a person is convicted of a crime or committed to a mental facility, but others can be granted at the request of law enforcement, a family member or doctor, said state police Master Sgt. Luis Gutierrez. Last year, the agency denied or revoked 26 FOID cards.Meanwhile, while Brodsky and Peterson flew to New York for his third appearance on the NBC show, Brodsky's law partner, Reem Odeh, questioned the way the case was being managed."I'm concerned that there's more emphasis and more of an effort to cater to the media frenzy than there is to looking into the issues surrounding the investigations," Odeh said. "It just seems to me that when there's nothing going on with the investigation and things are quiet in the media, it seems like sometimes either Joel or Drew says something to start the media frenzy all over again."Brodsky has mounted an aggressive campaign for media coverage. Asked whether she discussed those issues with Brodsky, Odeh said, "Absolutely. I don't think it's appropriate. I think it is in the client's best interest to keep it quiet and focus on the case. But he just says the case is going to make us famous and we're all going to get book deals."Odeh said she plans to meet with Peterson and tell him that she believes he should behave in a more professional manner, and if that doesn't happen, she will push to have him dropped as a client.