Inmates Set Up Drew Peterson in Alleged Plot to Kill State's Attorney: Sun-Times Report

Convicted wife-killer Drew Peterson — now accused of trying to hire a hitman to rub out the prosecutor who put the disgraced cop in prison — may have been victimized by a snitch who wore a wire, writes columnist Michael Sneed for the Chicago Sun-Times, who reports attorney Joel Brodsky has letters from inmates to prove the claim.

Brodsky was the lawyer who defended Peterson when he was convicted of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, and sent away to prison for 38 years.

Reports Sneed:

Sneed has learned that Joel Brodsky, who was Peterson’s lead attorney in the Savio murder trial, has sent a letter to Randolph County Public Defender James W. Kelley, claiming he recently 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.”

The letter claims Brodsky sent Kelley the letters “for your use in defending Mr. Peterson.” ...

Although cases like Peterson’s often involve the cooperation of a jailhouse snitch, Brodsky claims the letters indicate there were two prisoners who may have been involved in the alleged entrapment plot. It also indicates one of the prisoners wore a wire. One letter also referenced Stacy Peterson.
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Patch reporter Joe Hosey broke the news of Peterson’s alleged plot to murder Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow in a story published Feb. 9.

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