Attorney Says Drew Peterson May Have Been Set Up in Murder-for-Hire Plot

Peterson’s former attorney Joel Brodsky claims he received two letters from an Illinois Department of Corrections inmate “that would indicate that Mr. Peterson was the victim of a setup"

Drew Peterson's previous attorney says his former client may have been the victim of a setup when he was charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow, the lead prosecutor in his murder trial.

Peterson’s former attorney Joel Brodsky claims he received two letters from an Illinois Department of Corrections inmate “that would indicate that Mr. Peterson was the victim of a setup, and was entrapped into committing the offense of solicitation of murder,” according to a letter he wrote to Randolph County Public Defender James W. Kelley.

Brodsky said he received the letters a few days ago and claims they indicate that two prisoners may have been involved in the alleged entrapment and that one of the prisoners might have worn a wire.

Peterson, a former Bolingbrook police officer, gained notoriety after his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in 2007. He was convicted in 2012 of killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio, and sentenced to 38 years in prison.

Earlier this month, Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Randolph County State’s Attorney Jeremy Walker filed a two-count criminal information against 61-year-old Peterson, charging him with one count of solicitation of murder for hire and one count of solicitation of murder, both Class X felonies.

Peterson’s attorney Steve Greenberg, who sits on a panel for his appeal to reverse the 2012 conviction, said earlier this month that he expects a recording surrounding the murder-for-hire plot, but declined to comment on the latest twist.

“Typically in these types of cases you’ve got some kind of recording,” he said. “If there is a recording, I’d like to hear it.”

Stacy Peterson’s sister, Cassandra Cales, said she doesn’t believe the claim that Peterson was set up. Cales, who continues her search for her sister, hopes Peterson is convicted a second time.

“He thinks he’s above the law still and that he can get away with anything and now everything is just coming back at him and he just gets caught with everything,” she said.
 

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