Drew Peterson, the ex-cop and convicted killer, blew up in court Thursday as he spoke for himself prior to sentencing in the death of his former wife, Kathleen Savio.
Following is the accounts from the courthouse according to reporters on the scene as Peterson exploded at Stacy Peterson, his attorneys and the system for his plight:
How anyone could expect Drew to just sit silently and say nothing after such an erroneous and unjust sentence with no proof at all that linked Drew to his wife's death, which already had been confirmed by a medical expert that her death was an accident,and with only hearsy statements from a bunch of angry women and relatives, accusing him of murder from day one, and who kept stirring up the press and constantly harrassing Drew publicly at his home and on television? Well, the reporter may call it ranting that Drew did in court, but I call it Defence from all the wrongs he had been subjected to, and he certainly cannot be blamed for that! I read those tweets carefully, one by one, and what I see is an innocent man who had been badly wronged and put threw the ringer by a bunch of angry accusing women, as well as the press for many long months and ignoring the fact that according to our justice system, one is presumed innocent until proven guilty, There was no concern concern at all for for Drew and his children and what they were going through or how it was affecting their lives. How could anyone expect Drew to get a fair trial after all that? And what kind of Judge could sentence Drew to 38 years in prison without granting him a new trial and the opportunity to prove his innocence when the judge knew very well there was no real evidence linking Drew to his wife's death? And again, whose death had already been confirmed by a medical expert as an accident? And how is it that they believed the second expert and not the first? Why this unjustice hasn't been overturned by now and made right by one in authority, I fail to understand! , If not overturned, surely there is enough wrongs made in this case against Drew for him to receive a new trial! And if this sentence holds and nothing is done about it, there is no justice for Drew and that is a shame!
How anyone could expect Drew to just sit silently and say nothing after such an erroneous and unjust sentence with no proof at all that linked Drew to his wife's death, which already had been confirmed by a medical expert that her death was an accident,and with only hearsy statements from a bunch of angry women and relatives, accusing him of murder from day one, and who kept stirring up the press and constantly harrassing Drew publicly at his home and on television? Well, the reporter may call it ranting that Drew did in court, but I call it Defence from all the wrongs he had been subjected to, and he certainly cannot be blamed for that! I read those tweets carefully, one by one, and what I see is an innocent man who had been badly wronged and put threw the ringer by a bunch of angry accusing women, as well as the press for many long months and ignoring the fact that according to our justice system, one is presumed innocent until proven guilty, There was no concern concern at all for for Drew and his children and what they were going through or how it was affecting their lives. How could anyone expect Drew to get a fair trial after all that? And what kind of Judge could sentence Drew to 38 years in prison without granting him a new trial and the opportunity to prove his innocence when the judge knew very well there was no real evidence linking Drew to his wife's death? And again, whose death had already been confirmed by a medical expert as an accident? And how is it that they believed the second expert and not the first? Why this unjustice hasn't been overturned by now and made right by one in authority, I fail to understand! , If not overturned, surely there is enough wrongs made in this case against Drew for him to receive a new trial! And if this sentence holds and nothing is done about it, there is no justice for Drew and that is a shame!