Drew Petterson Arrested

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If this guy wasn't a former PO, and the media so desperate to survive, nobody would have even heard about all this. Oh yeah? Well theres a real stable witness. He'll fit right into this case.

I really don't think the fact that he was a cop plays into it that much, the guy had 2 wives die or disappear under mysterious circumstances, I could see him being a cop being the reason if it was just the one wife, but you have 2 and the media's gonna pick up the story no matter if he's a cop or garbage truck driver.

And can you really blame the guy for trying to kill himself after finding out he just help someone cover up a murder?  I don't think that makes him any less stable a witness.  I think the only reason your sticking up for this guy is your a cop if I remember correctly, that good ol' blue wall of silence, and sticking together no matter what, I mean you seem to be the only person I've ever known that can't see how guilty this guy is, I mean come on, where's Stacy, she didn't run off with some guy like he said she did, and if you think she actually did then your gullible.  This guy either has the worst luck in the whole world by having 2 wives die under mysterious circumstances, or he killed both his wives.

Also you can just tell that he has that type of personality that he could easily kill someone and it wouldn't bother him at all, I mean most people in that situation wouldn't be using it to turn themselves into a celebrity.

[Marauding Conan]

I really don't think the fact that he was a cop plays into it that much, the guy had 2 wives die or disappear under mysterious circumstances, I could see him being a cop being the reason if it was just the one wife, but you have 2 and the media's gonna pick up the story no matter if he's a cop or garbage truck driver.

And can you really blame the guy for trying to kill himself after finding out he just help someone cover up a murder?  I don't think that makes him any less stable a witness.  I think the only reason your sticking up for this guy is your a cop if I remember correctly, that good ol' blue wall of silence, and sticking together no matter what, I mean you seem to be the only person I've ever known that can't see how guilty this guy is, I mean come on, where's Stacy, she didn't run off with some guy like he said she did, and if you think she actually did then your gullible.  This guy either has the worst luck in the whole world by having 2 wives die under mysterious circumstances, or he killed both his wives.

Also you can just tell that he has that type of personality that he could easily kill someone and it wouldn't bother him at all, I mean most people in that situation wouldn't be using it to turn themselves into a celebrity.

Whatever happened to inocent until proven quilty?

[Rich46yo]

For the second time, or was it the third? Nobody is sticking up for anyone. You moron.

And can you really blame the guy for trying to kill himself after finding out he just help someone cover up a murder?

Hahaha...yeah ok. hahahaha

Im done with this entire story.

And can you really blame the guy for trying to kill himself after finding out he just help someone cover up a murder?  I don't think that makes him any less stable a witness.

hahahahahaha

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Oh yeah, he must be a loony toon because he felt so bad about realizing what he just help Petterson do that he tried to kill himself.

[MORAY37]

He'll never be convicted and sentenced.

No body= No Cause of Death= No Murder.

Whether or not you agree or disagree, that is the law.  You cannot send someone to death or prison on circumstantial evidence, which is what the entire case is based on. 

[Thruster]

Maybe a fact check prior to posting would help.

Felony convictions from circumstantial evidence are common. There are plenty of capitol cases that convict with no physical evidence presented.
Unfortunately that's not the issue. The whole case is evolving into a circus. The trial should be a hoot. 

[Ack-Ack]

Whether or not you agree or disagree, that is the law.  You cannot send someone to death or prison on circumstantial evidence, which is what the entire case is based on. 

Billionare's Boys Club.  The ring leader was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for murder that was based solely on circumstantial evidence (body of the victim was never found).  He would have received the death penalty but he was able to argue successfully for life in prison instead.


ack-ack

[Babalonian]

He'll never be convicted and sentenced.

No body= No Cause of Death= No Murder.

Whether or not you agree or disagree, that is the law.  You cannot send someone to death or prison on circumstantial evidence, which is what the entire case is based on. 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30156070/

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A man convicted of murdering an Arizona couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard from their yacht off Southern California was sentenced to death Friday.

Prosecutors said Deleon, of Long Beach, feigned interest in buying the couple’s nearly half-million-dollar yacht and threw them overboard during a test cruise out of Newport Harbor in 2004. The Hawkses’ bodies were never found.

[MORAY37]

Maybe a fact check prior to posting would help.

Felony convictions from circumstantial evidence are common. There are plenty of capitol cases that convict with no physical evidence presented.
Unfortunately that's not the issue. The whole case is evolving into a circus. The trial should be a hoot. 

Whether or not the defense did their homework or not is the issue.  Of course you may find cases that go against the grain, there are always cases that aren't typical.  In general, it is nearly impossible to get a conviction on a murder trial without a body and cause of death.  Whether you agree or not, it is the way it is.  A defense attorney doesn't need to prove anything at all, only raise doubt.  The prosecution, on the other hand, must prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that the accused committed the crime.

Ask yourself, how do you prove someone's dead, without having the body....beyond any doubt?

[Nwbie]

"And Nwbie the case isn't in Dupage County, I believe that it's in Will County."

I stand corrected - still the same reasoning though - elections are looming.

[Thruster]

"Whether or not the defense did their homework or not is the issue.  Of course you may find cases that go against the grain, there are always cases that aren't typical......"

That's not what your earlier post said. You made an unequivocal statement that was factually baseless.

The fact is that as many convictions are won on the basis of circumstantial evidence only, a large percentage of cases won on the weight of physical evidence are in doubt due to the questionable reliability of most forensic testing. We now know witness id's are highly problematic, we can't trust fingerprint analysis or polygraphs (apparently never could), lead content analysis is junk science, D.N.A. labs can't be trusted and it's doubtful there's a prosecutor in the country that could tell the truth if it came up and bit him on the tuckus.

It's all a blind turkey shoot and a popularity contest. And it's all about money. Peterson isn't a wealthy man. Wonder how it'll work out for him.