Drew Peterson Pleads Not Guilty

Drew Peterson's sorry butt pleaded not guilty to murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Kathleen Savio somehow drowned in a dry bathtub. How someone drowns without water is beyond me, but that is what police originally said happened.

The defense also asked for a reduction in Peterson's $20 million dollar bail. According to his lawyer Peterson owns his home, has no income if he can live on if he is on the run (How is he earning a living anyway?), and has no criminal history (Only because he got away with a million minor offenses when he was a police officer.), So he isn't a flight risk. I say he isn't a flight risk because he loves the attention so much.

"I gave this a lot of thought," Joel Brodsky said. "Somewhere between $100,000 and $500,000 I think would be appropriate. He's probably the best candidate for a bond in a homicide case in Will County."

Then there are the minor children...


Drew has four minor children between the ages of 4 and 16. After he was arrested the children were turned over to one of Drew's sons from an earlier marriage. Stephen Peterson issued a statement on behalf of his siblings who are now living with him:

"All of the children of Drew Peterson fully support their father and know that he is innocent of the charges against him. We know him better than anyone else in the world and we know he is not guilty," Stephen Peterson said.

The children may be safe. Drew Peterson changed wives like most men change their underwear, so Stephen was probably raised by his mother while Drew moved on to a newer, younger wife.

But the families of Kathleen Savio and Stacy Peterson are going to fight for the kids. There are slight problems though. The children don't really know their maternal relatives, and Drew Peterson still has parental rights. And probably will until he is convicted (He will be convicted because he is guilty as sin of something. It is the OJ Simpson law of retribution.)But until he is convicted the courts will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he is innocent.

"I don't remember meeting him," 16-year-old Thomas Peterson said of Henry Savio, his grandfather. "If he was walking down the street I wouldn't recognize him. And my aunt, I haven't seen in six years."