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June 3, 2011 4:02 PM

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CHICAGO (WBBM) – Attorneys for Drew Peterson are asking that the former Bolingbrook police sergeant be released from jail pending trial for the of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Peterson has been held in lieu of $20 million bond in the Savio case since May 2009. MORE FROM CBS The day before the trial was to begin, 11 months ago, prosecutors filed an appeal with the 3rd More Than 200 New Laws Set To Take Effect Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at District Appellate Court over the evidence to be Craig Stebic, Husband Of Missing Mom, Sued the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., Friday, May 8, 2009, By Own Attorney for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the allowed at trial. That continues to delay it. 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio. (M. Spender Investment Advisor Charged With Defrauding Green/AP) Defense attorney Joel Brodsky said he was Clients… ready for trial last July 8 and remains so, Filed Under Newsradio 780′s Bob Roberts reports. Local, News FROM AROUND THE WEB LISTEN: Newsradio 780′s Bob Roberts Reports Related Tags Police Women of Cincinnatti: Drunk as a Skunk Bob Roberts, Drew Brodsky, (HowStuffWorks Videos) Drew Peterson, Kathleen Savio, peterbd, trial Margarita Mojica, Pregnant Woman Crushed To Death… (Huffington Post) “There’s no danger to anyone if he’s released,” Brodsky said. ”There China's Lost Girls (SnagFilms) are other ways to do this, too. He could be put on home monitoring. They could put him on a curfew. They could put him under house arrest.” FEATURED ON CBS CHICAGO The motion notes that while he was still free to travel, but knew he was under suspicion in the Savio case, he traveled to California, Florida and New York but never attempted to leave the and always returned home to Bolingbrook, where he has lived in 1977.

Peterson is a lifelong Chicago-area resident, except for his years in the MOST POPULAR NEWS military. The motion also Motorcycles, Bicycles Can Run Red notes that Peterson’s Lights Under New Law motorcycles and bicycles will be allowed to entire extended family lives

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in northeastern Illinois. run red lights starting in 2012, but only in certain Advertisement instances. The secret of how to learn a “He has no place to go,” foreign language in just 10 days is revealed! Read Latest Chicago Weather Forecast Brodsky said. here to find out... Rain will continue off and on through the afternoon as a stubborn system circulates around a low-pressure area. Brodsky called Peterson’s You can enroll in a continued incarceration California Teacher degree program. Financial Aid for Man Charged In Deadly Church’s pending trial “outrageous.” those who qualify. Chicken Shooting In Englewood A man accused of opening fire inside a fast food Homeowners in California restaurant in Englewood, killing two people and may be eligible for 3% wounding several more, has been charged with Peterson is in solitary refinance rate with any murder. confinement at the Will credit type. County Jail. Brodsky said More Charges For Fort Wayne Man In "Renegade" trader spills Little Girl’s Murder Peterson has a physical secret to becoming rich with A Fort Wayne, Ind., man is facing more felony dirt cheap penny stocks... regimen of 500 push-ups a charges for allegedly beating a 9-year-old girl to death with a brick and chopping up her body. day, watches television, reads “a lot” of magazines Homeowners in California may be eligible for 3% Animal Rights Group: Turkeys Were and speaks with attorneys refinance rate with any Brutalized, Left In Squalor At Farm credit type. A Chicago animal rights group went undercover at several times a week. But a North Carolina turkey farm, and what they found he has little contact with was shocking and severe enough to warrant the attention of police. others except for those who bring him food several times a day.

The motion will be filed with the Third District appellate court in NOT YET A FAN? CLICK “LIKE” BELOW! Ottawa, Ill., on Monday. The state has a week to reply, in writing.

CBS Chicago on Facebook Brodsky is hoping for a ruling within two weeks. Like Savio was found dead in the drained bathtub of her Bolingbrook 8,394 people like CBS Chicago. home. Initially, the death was ruled an accidental drowning, but a second , performed in 2008, found that the death was a homicide. Shelly Ed Fd Claudia Danny Peterson has never been charged in connection with the October 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy. Members of Stacy Peterson’s

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