Drew Peterson's Lawyer Sinks To A New Low
When I read the headline today in the Daily Herald, It made me nauseous. Drew Peterson's Lawyer pleads for Stacy Peterson's Clemency. That just does not make sence for anyone to use that tactic who carries a law license, it makes me question the persons intergrity. I also have to look at the fact that the lawyer himself, no stranger to domestic violence and swat teams swarming his own home due to family violence is no boyscout himself. And he appears to do what ever necessary to start storms whenever it strikes his fancy. Or he has cooked up this little "Word" party because he's being neglected by the media 
I have a headline for the Lawyer: Drew Peterson considered doing away with his own children? In my opinion, Yes, he did not have enough time to carry out the rest of his plan Stacy's sister, the neighbor were too, close. He could have easily said Stacy and the children have disappeared. Don't think for a minute that did not cross the suspect's mind.
The Definition of Clemency:
The granting of a pardon to a person who has committed a crime or who has been convicted of a crime is an act of clemency, which forgives the wrongdoer and restores the person's Civil Rights. At the federal level, the president has the power to grant a pardon, and at the state level the governor or a pardon board made up of high-ranking state officials may grant it.
The Constitution allows two other pardon powers besides the power of commutation. It expressly speaks about the president's power to grant "reprieves." A reprieve differs from a pardon in that it establishes a temporary delay in the enforcement of the sentence imposed by the court, without changing the sentence or forgiving the crime. A reprieve might be issued for the execution of a prisoner to give the prisoner time to prove his or her innocence. A related power is the power to grant "amnesty," which is also implicit in the pardon power. Amnesty is applied to whole classes or communities, instead of individuals. The power to issue an amnesty and the effect of an amnesty are the same as those for a pardon.
Lawyer: Clemency for Stacy 
BOLINGBROOK -- The attorney for embattled ex-cop Drew Peterson is demanding an assurance of clemency for his client's wife if the missing mother ever returns.
Peterson's wife, Stacy, vanished two and a half months ago. State police named Peterson a suspect in her "potential homicide." But Peterson steadfastly maintains she ran off with another man. And his attorney, Joel Brodsky, believes she may be too scared to come back.
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"We're demanding that the state's attorney come forward and state, if Stacy comes back right now, or shows herself, she will not be prosecuted or sued," said Brodsky.
Brodsky pointed out the possibility of the county suing Stacy to recoup money spent searching for her.
He also said her disappearing act -- and her staying gone in spite of the massive police effort to find her -- constitutes a criminal offense.
"She could be charged with felony disorderly conduct. No question about it," he said.
Charles B. Pelkie, the spokesman for State's Attorney James Glasgow, declined to comment on Brodsky's demand that Stacy receive immunity.
"I guess that they're not as intent on getting Stacy back as they would lead us to believe," Brodsky said.
"You've got a scared young girl out there who may have made a mistake and not realized the consequences," he said.
In addition to investigating the disappearance of Stacy, and Peterson's "potential" part in it, state police also have reopened their investigation of the mysterious March 2004 death of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Savio was found dead in a waterless bathtub.
A coroner's jury ruled her death an accidental drowning after hearing testimony from state police Special Agent Herbert Hardy.
Hardy told the jury there were no indications of foul play in Savio's death.
Glasgow contradicted this when he petitioned the court to exhume Savio's body for further postmortem testing. In the petition, Glasgow said the woman's death scene looked unlike a genuine accident, and instead appeared "consistent with the 'staging' of an accident to conceal a homicide."
As far as the search for Stacy is concerned, Brodsky said that he, his client, state police and prosecutors all are on the same page -- at least he thought so.
"We want Stacy to come back," he said. "That's what they've said. But I guess actions speak louder than words."
