Crime & Safety

Drew Peterson Post Production: The Movie's Over — Now What?

What impact will "Drew Peterson: Untouchable" have on the accused wife-killer's criminal case?

The eagerly anticipated world premiere of Drew Peterson: Untouchable has come and gone.

The country sat rapt for two hours while this dramatic masterpiece unwound on television screens everywhere. It was marvelous.

But now what?

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Well for one thing, the lawyer who goes around telling everyone he's the "lead attorney" on Drew Peterson's defense team has taken a page out of the CBS news playbook, according to the Chicago Tribune, and plans to ask for Peterson's murder trial to be moved out of Will County.

That makes a lot of sense, since Will County is the only place in Illinois where people can watch Lifetime, the network broadcasting Drew Peterson: Untouchable, or something along those lines.

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The Tribune quotes lead attorney Joel Brodsky as saying, "We're going to have to look at the ratings, but I am not sure how he could get a fair trial after this airs" and "I'm certain we're going to ask for a change of venue."

Brodsky does not specify who he is referring to when he says "we're going to have to look at the ratings" and "we're going to ask for a change of venue." Presumably he means his co-counsel, those lawyers he leads in his position as Peterson's lead attorney.

Only the other lawyers don't seem to think Brodsky's strategy is a particularly clever one. At least according to the Tribune article, which had this in it:

"'I'm more concerned about the things (Peterson) did before the movie possibly tainting the jury,' said Peterson attorney Joseph Lopez. "'(Peterson and Brodsky) created their own monster.'"

And then there was this:

"Even if the movie did taint the Will County jury pool, Peterson defense attorney Steven Greenberg questions where the court could find jurors who haven't been exposed to pretrial publicity.

'I'm pretty sure you can get Lifetime in every Illinois county,' he said. 'No one is going to learn anything from this movie that they didn't already hear about during the prior circus.'"

So maybe Will County will get to keep the Peterson case, no matter what Brodsky tries to do. That place is untouchable, Brodsky.


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