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Some legal wrangling went down this week in the case against Drew Peterson, set to stand trial for the murder of wife #3, Kathleen Savio. Among the more notables moves made, Judge Stephen White asked prosecutors to cut their witness list down from a mind-boggling 805 to 50. One battle prosecutors did win was an attempt by Peterson's defense team to make the large amount of discovery evidence "easier to navigate." John Connor, the chief of the major crime unit for the state's attorney, claimed, "I think what the counsel is asking us to do is give them CliffsNotes on this," and said all the information the defense was seeking was available in the evidence. Another issue raised by Peterson's attorney - whether three key state witnesses received compensation for their testimony - will be reviewed and ruled on by Judge White at a July 10 hearing. [Sun-Times]
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805 witnesses!?! What kind of case is so weak that you need 805 witnesses?
I think the prosecution here has a bad case of Marcia Clark-Christopher Darden syndrome, and I'm willing to bet large amounts of money that the outcome will be almost exactly the same.
you have large amounts of money?
I will after I win my bet. If I lose, I'll be in Mexico.
805 witnesses?
Drew Peterson is going to skate on this and die an old man in his bed surrounded by pudgy grandkids.
Besides, I thought WGN already had the trial.
Man that sucks...nothing more disappointing than imagining his fat, puffy, repulsive, arrogant face if he gets off on this.
The judge didn't actually ask them to cut the list, only to list the 50 or so who might initially be called.
"Brodsky also took issue with the 805 men and women listed as possible witnesses against Peterson. Connor is supposed to come up with the 50 most likely to testify by July 10, but was not forbidden from calling the remaining 755 at trial, which is scheduled to start Aug. 24."
All six motions presented by the defense yesterday were either denied outright or continued.