State's Attorney James Glasgow Makes Decision On 2020 Elections

JOLIET, IL — Veteran Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow intends to serve another four years of elected office, information at the Will County Clerk's Office shows. Last week, Glasgow obtained the necessary paperwork from Will County to begin circulating his nominating petitions as the Democratic candidate in the 2020 election.

Glasgow is the first political candidate to notify the county clerk's office of his intention to run for the position of State's Attorney.

"Will County State’s Attorney James W. Glasgow has a long and distinguished career during which he has implemented groundbreaking initiatives to investigate, prosecute and prevent crime. As a prosecutor and a lifelong resident of Joliet, State’s Attorney Glasgow has committed himself to make Will County the safest place to live, work and raise families," Glasgow's biography on the Will County State's Attorney's Office website proclaims.

Among the notable criminal cases highlighted on his website, Glasgow "successfully prosecuted Drew Peterson and secured a 38-year sentence for the murder of his third wife in 2004 in a landmark case that attracted international attention."

Additionally, Glasgow "successfully prosecuted Christopher Vaughn and secured a life sentence for the murder of his wife and three children," the State's Attorney's Office noted.

During a September 2017 press conference, Glasgow was pleased that the Illinois Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, rejected Drew Peterson's appeal of his murder conviction for the 2004 death of Bolingbrook resident Kathleen Savio.

At the press conference in downtown Joliet, Glasgow recalled how when he last saw the killer at Peterson's murder-for-hire trial, "he looked like a beaten man. I was kind of disappointed ... so I've got nothing to say to him. He complained ... that I never looked him in the eye. Well, that's damn right I never looked him in the eye. I don't look murderers in the eye. I'm there to prosecute them, make sure they get a fair trial, their due process rights are (adhered to) but I'm not going to acknowledge him.

"He tried to say 'Hi Jim,' to me in the first court appearance. I walked by him like he wasn't there."

Glasgow is currently finishing up his fifth term as Will County State’s Attorney, his website noted.