In addition to his sleeping habits, I'm sure the public is dying to know about his eating and bowel movement habits, as well.

Another stupid move by the prosecution, Duh!

Now this witness could be considered unreliable and what happens to the States other witnesses? Unreliable too?

And it's going to put doubt in their minds now ,do to the Prosecutors two screw ups so far! It's going to make the jurors think they are grasping at straws.

Anyone could have put the bullet on the driveway! Who in the hell on any Police Dept. uses a .38 cal any longer?

This whole trial is a damn joke! Do the majority of the people think he is guilty? YES! But they have to prove it and they won't be able to prove it! Glasgow is a clown!

I write comments here on how I feel as that's my choice . Did Drew do something, sure looks like it, but where's the proof. If they have the proof let the jury decide guilt, if they don't, let the jury decide not guilty.

Maybe Drew and Casey Anthony should get together....

Sloppy work by the Will County group . . . again.

He could call a mistrial without prejudice if I'm not mistaken. Which would mean he could be retried.

I watched the movie "My Cousin Vinny" years ago and Marisa Tomei's character informed Joe Pesci's character that both sides need to disclose all witnesses, evidence, etc. to each other...there can be no "surprises." I guess anyone who watched the movie "My Cousin Vinny" could prosecute this case better than these prosecutors! I have a feeling that these mistakes are going to set the scumbag free.

Great ... He is one of theirs and they are protecting their own... A mistrial... Imagine that.

He's one of theirs??

Wouldn't it be "great" if Pontarelli still had that bullet and it matched up to one of Peterson's. Just dreaming......

Can't match up the bullet, unless it was fired and there's a firing pin mark on the casing primire. Just a plain old .38 cal bullet could have came from anyone.

The Prosecution should use the theme song "climb every mountain" , because they have a high one to climb if they want to get a comviction!!!

The defense doesn't have a clue what they should do. If this is declared a mistrial without prejudice, they start all over. Is that such a good thing for Peterson? Who knows. Maybe the State will come back even stronger. They did file a motion to have the hitman testimony heard, so that is still up in the air. A hitman? That's pretty damning.

Go Glasgow! Watching CLTV and a legal expert says the trial doesn't look too good. If Pontarelli testimony is stricken, the credibility could not be good thing for other witness testimony either. Come back stronger? With what? Fabricated evidence. The expert also now said the case is probably a lot thinner than we think.

This wasn't Drews team! It's from a CLTV legal expert. it's done all the time in cases, where the victims credibility is attacked.

Anyone who thinks this was going to be a slam dunk for the prosecution is dreaming. It can be argued that the murder defendant intentionally mucked up the death scene so any evidence was garbage evidence. The only way to nail this man is to do it with circumstantial evidence. Maybe it will win the day, maybe it won't. But, just as it isn't a slam dunk for the prosecution, it isn't going to be a cake walk for the defense either. If the defense wants to take their chances and start all over, so be it. If they want to move forward and try to use their (ah hem) skills to win over the jury, then so be it. You can rest assured, the hitman testimony won't be omitted in the new trial. So, bring it on, I say.

ne more note, has ANYONE ever heard a defense attorney admit their client, or any defendant, belongs in jail, or should be convicted? Of course not. It's their job to get a defendant off, whether they are guilty or not. It's their job to use any means necessary, i.e., bad collection of evidence, no eyewitnesses, etc., to do it. So, this murder defendant is no different than any other one being defended by defense attorneys. Whether he is convicted or not, their lives go on. Just bring on their next client.

I wouldn't fight for this guy. He's a waste of time.

...I guess I mean to say, there isn't a murderer, rapist or drug dealer around that should be sitting in jail in the eyes of a defense lawyer. They have rights, damn it. The rights they have are to stay out of jail and continue to bash heads in, push drugs and murder people. It's their friggin' Constitutional right!

If there's a mistrial, it will he the same judge and he will still deny the same evidence that was not admitted in the first trial.

Hang in there Drewie ! We all miss you and are behind you 110 %. We know you didn't have nothing to do with those 2 dead broads. Stay strong !

A lot if mistrials have used the same judge.

Okay, name a few. Or one. I'd be interested in seeing that.

Mistrials always stay in front of same Judge. State has very limited right to remove a Judge. This is an individuals right by statute. I think Drew used up his substitution rights early in the case. If hitman was a disclosure issue a new trial could revive the State's right to give a proper notice. Obviously, the Court advised the Defense that this will a mistrial without prejudice which gives State a retrial.

Are you from Missouri? The show me State. Everything with you is show me. Do you ever watch Dateline or 48 hours where there was a murder trial and then a mistrial and then there's a retrial with the same judge.

Paul watchful eye is the legal expert , he knows it all.

Elden it's was one more reason they had Drews law passed, because they had crap as evidence.

The hitman stuff is just hearsay and there is no proof of that either. I know a lot of people who have went through tough divorces and mentioned at times it would be cheaper to have him or her killed rather then give all the money to a divorce lawyer.

Now if the jury doesn't have doubt in their mind due to incompetence by the Prosecution this trial is a farse.

Only a fool gets baited and ruffled. Pffft what? You have gas. I also gave you an explanation as well as Paul did. "You can't handle the truth"

Francis Regan.....You can't handle the truth"??? Really? Sounds like you can't handle the truth. Drew is hiding a lot of stuff that he has done. I hope he gets the full 60yrs...for what he did.

Ah, but the judge is doing all he can to keep out anything that might hurt him. No video of him, the judge said, because they make him look "cold-hearted;" no bath tub allowed in court, no hitman testimony; no testimony about him making a hole in the garage to get into the house, because the kind judge said it was his house too. Most people get into a house through the door. I guess if you're subhuman, you do it Peterson's way. This judge's ruling are so cockeyed and convoluted, he might as well hand him over the keys. If he's going to let losing a previous election to Glasgow cloud his judgment (and why anyone would assign this case to this judge with the bad blood there is between him and Glasgow), then that flies in the face of justice.

Let the case be tried on its merits, not repeated rulings that take away any iota of circumstantial evidence. I'm disgusted. No wonder Will County is so messed up. They've all got big heads.

The Judge is doing the right thing and is doing everything based on lawful rulings. If the prosecution can't stand the heat , get out of the kitchen.

wow all these experts here .cant belive you all are not at the trial at the benchs on each side . much more intresting than watching the SA screw up every day.
he will win because they tried him for his missing wife not his dead x-wife

Watchful Eye is a voice of reason and Francis you need a government class. The state of Illinois passed a law that is helpful in this case because it was NEEDED. Do you really think it was done just to help Glasgow convict Peterson? Why do you think the Supreme Court upheld that law? Again, just to help Glasgow? 16 other states have since adopted similar laws. To help Glasgow? Wow he is a powerful guy, ugh? Do you know how a bill becomes law? You don't seem to care and Burmilla doesn't either. It does, based on his completely absurd pro-defense rulings, look like he hasn't gotten over Glasgow taking his job doesn't it? Why are the judge and the defense team so afraid of the plain and simple truth? Tell the story and let the jury decide. I have faith those 12 reasonable adults will review it all and put Peterson where he belongs, prison for 60 years. It is not the prosecution trying to get out of the heat in the kitchen, it's the defense.

Just like you said Joan the State had Drews law passed to help in the case, because their case was weak. If Drew was never arrested no law would have been passed or ever in the works. With Drews law the Prosecution broadened their scope to get just about any hearsay in court that other wise would have been shot down without the law.

Joan do you bother to watch TV when they have law experts on. Go Glasgow! On CLTV they had a legal expert on and he said the case at best is weak. If Pontarelli testimony is stricken, the credibility could not be a good thing for other witness testimony either. Plus the expert said its the prosecutions case to lose.

I dont care about rule 803. If they had it they wouldnt have needed to pass Drews law to help with further hearsay.

That "legal expert" you are so proud of and are praising is Sam Amirante, the lawyer who defended John Gacy. Did you really think he was going to speak fondly of the prosecutors and and come out in support of them?

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Wrong. Legal expert Terry Sulivan for WGN.

Time to throw in the towel Jim, you're finished. There is no way anyone in this County in their right mind can re-elect you after this screw up. It's all over the news, you are described as an idiot!

Mr. Glasgow, you and your group had better step it up, and immediately. These issues should be law 101, and if you can't figure it out then give it to someone who can. You're going to have a lot of explaining to do if the errors and sloppy work continue, and if you screw up and let a serial murderer out on the streets you can kiss your career good-bye! Your office has had sufficient time to get this right, so get it in gear and make a case that sticks! Stop giving those loser lawyers of Drewpy anything to use to request a mistrial. You know they are going to be looking for any tiny detail so they won't actually have to try to defend this scumbag.

.....though they have no hard evidence and are trying their damndest to get him on hearsay, I believe he is going to go free and end up a millionaire with one heck of a lawsuit against everyone and anyone under the judicial system!

If there is a mistrial , good luck in finding a new jury that isn't tainted or biased. Send the trial to Europe then.

If Drew Peterson is indeed guilty yes he deserves the approproate punishment, Now lets not forget innocent until proven guilty. Where is the factual evidence that he killed Kathleen? Who knows? Kathleen could have taken a tranquillizer decided to take a bath or shower and slipped and fell in the bathtub? Freak accidents do happen. Afterall the original decision by the coroner was that it was an accident. Drew Peterson reputation has placed him between a rock and a hard place. This could happen to anyone that is in a love hate relationship. I feel the burden of proof is on the prosecution. Had the prosecution did their homework these blunders would not have occurred. The trial would proceed without all the drama. But you have a drama king prosecuting. James Glasgow have got to get off his high horse and start doing some serious work, but that is too much like the right thing to do. He feels the citizens of Will County are asleep anyway, so lets play. Wake up people! wake up!
Time to elect a real prosecutor for the Job!, and get rid of all the puppets who follow James Glasgow around like puppets on a string. I bet you if Drew Peterson get off the blame will be on the woman prosecutor Kathy Patton, thats the only reason Jim Glasgow is allowing her presence in the public view. She is indeed the fall guy to blame for his mistakes. He never takes responsibilty for his mistakes.

Wow watchful eye I don't see you attacking others who think the trial is a joke and what they think about Glasgow!

Oh knock it off Frankie. Everyone has a right to their opinion. Yours just happens to be repeated over and over and over, and you come up with stuff that makes no sense.

I don't attack anyone. If you are referring to Laudduering, eh. Just politic pandering for his candidate, probably.

Notice there's no mention of the defense "doing their homework" when it's now well-known that Lopez blew it BIG TIME by repeating a hearsay quote that was previously kept out by the judge's ruling. Can't blame the prosecutor for that. Their egos and heads are so big right now, they're slipping up. So, if one is going to call out the prosecutors for blunders, better make sure that the defense is too. AAMOF, Brodsky had to apologize for being so callous and joking around about the victims, because I'm sure he and the others got quite a bit of backlash over it, and now this goof-up by Lopez in court with Anna Domain let the jury hear that Drew told Kathleen he'd kill her and "make it look like an accident." Ooops.

If the prosecutors had been the ones to do that, the defense's Greenberg would have been bug-eyed and screaming for a mistrial.

Karma is a wonderful thing.

Excuse me. Meant, "political pandering."