June 25, 2009
One wonders if Joel Brodsky et al has any idea what they are doing. So far they are not looking too competent. Eight days before Peterson arrested Brodsky repeats several times on Mancow that there will never be an indictment on Kathleen Savio’s murder. Period. End of story. The day before his client is arrested Peterson agrees on Mancow to go out to the Bunny Ranch to work. He’s on a plane when an indictment does indeed come down and his client is arrested. Coincidence? Or convenience so he could plead the case on the morning shows? Hos client shows up at the initial arraignment joking with the reporters. Brodsky thinks the bond is going to be reduced to begin with and then thinks it will be reduced to $100K. He gets blindsided with the new judge substitution requests and then doesn’t know the judge – doesn’t want her – she’s ok – maybe she should recuse herself – she’s just the kind of judge we want – no, we want a new judge and gets one. And then craziest of all, he lets his client call in to Mancow and talk about “win a conjugal visit with Drew” contest and says the other prisoners are rooting him on, which ended up in Peterson being muzzled.
Today Brodsky was in court asking the judge for help with discovery, which indeed is a monumental task. There are hundreds of hours of audiotapes and 9,470 investigative reports totaling more that 30K pages as well as a computer and 127 pieces of physical evidence. He in effect asked Judge White to compel the prosecution to clue him into their theory of how Kathleen Savio was murdered. It’s what Andy Abood kept mentioning in the press conferences. Now he has plenty of time to find out for himself and Drew’s got plenty of time so they can put him to work.
Brodsky asked the judge straight out:
Are they saying my client held her underwater or knocked her unconscious or hit her over the head with a blunt object? How did he do it? The state certainly has to prove that.
And he’s got to provide the defense. All he has to do is ask Drew how he did and then see if the prosecution mentions it. Why isn’t Brodsky saying “allegedly”?
Can you imagine the judge’s face? Yo, judge at least make him give us a hint so we can get started. Hint: talk to Christine Raines.
Chief of the major crimes unit, John Connor told the judge:
I’ve never seen a request like this in any homicide case I’ve participated in.
Stay tuned. Judge White instructed the prosecution to give Brodsky a partial timeline – when Savio was last seen alive and an estimated time her body was discovered in the bathtub. Drew was present for both — why do they need hints?
Other developments:
- Prosecution must reveal whether Lenny Wawczak and/or his wife Paula Stark were compensated in any fashion for secretly taping Peterson and whether Thomas Morphey was given anything.
- Prosecutors can’t listen to Peterson’s conversations with attorneys. That needed to be ruled on?
- Peterson attorneys can bring laptops into jail.
- JP Morgan Chase requested subpoenas regarding financial records to be quashed.
- Peterson’s home liability insurance company, Country Mutual Insurance requested that the judge rule that it is not liable for Peterson’s legal fees or potential damages resulting from wrongful death lawsuit.
Source: Chicago Breaking News: STEVE SCHMADEKE
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