"He was clearly joking...He likes pulling people's legs. He's a jokester."
That's Drew Peterson's defense attorney Joel Brodsky, explaining away testimony that Peterson approached an associate about killing Peterson's wife.
According to prosecutors, Peterson approached a former registered sex offender named Jeff Pachter while Peterson was moonlighting at a local cable company.
The "my client might have solicited someone to commit murder but he he was just talking trash", or as I like to call it, the "blowhard defense", has been used before.
When wife beater and former cabaret musician Steve Zirko was on trial for murder last year, prosecutors presented evidence that Zirko tried to recruit someone to kill his wife. Zirko made the offer to other men he met while in court-ordered anger management counseling on a prior domestic violence case. His attorney's response?
Zirko's lawyer said his client talked tough but was no killer.
"He's full of hot air," said lawyer Barry Spector...
Zirko was convicted of murder and is now serving a life sentence.
We'll see how things work out for Drew Peterson.
3 Comments
Wendy C said:
I'll agree with Peterson's attorney on one point. Killing his wives was just a big joke to him.
jack said:
The other difference is that Drew and Blago have the same press agent. The press seems to beleive what they are feeding them, through the attorneys. Any other attorney would probably be under a gag order, but I guess that Glasgow figures that Brodski is digging his own grave.
Joe the Cop said:
I had no idea that Peterson and Blago had the same publicist. What does that say about our time that a publicist is considered to be an essential part of your team if you're accused of a crime?
Blago and Peterson are the top two clients mentioned on the firm's website: http://www.thepublicityagency.com/publicity_agency_clients.htm
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