CLOSING ARGUMENTS (Tues 09/04/2012)

[Livingthedream]

Lopez keeps using there were: "No signs of a struggle" comment. Well, if someone is ambushed, there probably wouldn't be signs of a struggle. IMO.

 

[katydid23]

atty Lopez scoffs at state claim Drew staged scene. Asks if DP asked pathologist first for tips to make it look like accident...

Lopez attacks assertion that initial investigation was botched, points out that Savio's hands were bagged to preserve evidence.

Lopez says "No evidence of anyone fighting for their life..it looks like an accident cuz it was an accident"

"Somebody put it (blue towel) there, or it was there and nobody remembers it" Lopez says

atty Lopez says "it's a weird accident....(but) people win the lottery with higher odds than that. It happens ...

 

[katydid23]

atty Lopez says everyone at death scene classified it as an accident, "except the state wants you to believe it's murder."

 

[WindyCityGirl]

In Session The jurors are now gone. Prosecutor Koch is objecting to the fact that an exhibit attorney Lopez is attempting to use in his closing was never actually entered into evidence. “It was never presented to be in evidence.” Attorney Lopez responds: “The only part of this order we’re using is the part about when all remaining issues are to be resolved.” Judge: “Was there a stipulation about this exhibit?” Koch: “There was a stipulation, but they still have to move it into evidence.” Lopez: “It was something that was shown to a witness . . . I’m only asking that I be allowed to refresh the jury’s memory.” Judge: “You can certainly refer the jury to the particular testimony without using the exhibit . . . the objection will be sustained.” He sends for the jury.

 

[back2back19]

I can't believe Lopez really said that. The cat ate the pie? OMG. Wow, does the DT think they lost the case? Because this closing thus far, awful.

I think it's the opposite; I think they think the case is in the bag, so they don't have to do "bring it" in the closing, unlike the prosecution. Still think DP will be acquitted.

 

[WindyCityGirl]

In Session The jurors are now back in the courtroom, and attorney Lopez continues his summation. “I told you something I forgot to follow up on. The reason Drew didn’t go into the house was because he wasn’t there on police business; he was following the divorce court order. On March 22, 2002 Kathy got exclusive possession of the marital home. His going in that house violated the court’s order! . . . this order was in effect until the property was distributed and there was a final decision. So that Monday when Drew was there, he was under a court order not to enter that house. Not because he knew that Kathy was upstairs in that bath tub, but because the court ordered him not to do it.”

 

[Lera213]

Defense team is trying a JB ala CA defense....I knew attorney's with no integrity would study this case and use it at first chance. I sure hope the Jury is seeing this and put it back on their faces! This way, attorney's will not try this crap again!

 

[katydid23]

atty Lopez says Illinois State Police didn't know DP so they had no reason to protect him or cut him any slack.

Lopez: ISP officers didn't know DP, so there was no need to protect him.

atty Lopez says state police never asked DP if he killed Savio. "You know why? Because they knew it was an accident."

 

[WindyCityGirl]

In Session “Drew can’t go in there without her permission. Nick and Tom [Pontarelli] are on the first floor, Steve [Carcerano] and Mary [Pontarelli] go upstairs . . . Nick sees orange juice and pills; he puts the orange juice away . . . Drew doesn’t have permission to go into the house. All of the lights are off. Mary doesn’t’ see anything unusual; the bed wasn’t made. There’s no signs of any struggle, any forced entry, absolutely nothing. Drew didn’t go in because he was ordered by the court not to do it. Steve goes into the bathroom; Mary goes into the bathroom and screams. Kathy is lying in the bath tub; everything else in the bathroom is intact. The State wants to tell you she didn’t fall in there because none of the bottles have moved. Well, that’s a framed-in tub, and they shouldn’t move if the contractor did it the right way . . . whoever put that tub in right, it would be solid, it would be anchored. The whole thing’s framed out around the tub. Why does Drew have to have his gun out? ‘What am I going to tell my kid?’ are the first words out of his mouth. It’s ridiculous! He didn’t do it. Because it’s an accident . . . it’s ridiculous! That’s a ridiculous theory. They’re trying to nail Jell-O to a tree. It’s an accident. Pure and simple.”

 

[WindyCityGirl]

In Session “The blue towel’s a fallacy. It’s a fallacy. It’s what in law enforcement is called a red herring, to get your eye off the ball . . . when Drew left, the towel wasn’t there. The house is secured and Drew’s outside; he can’t go back in . . . the last time anybody saw Drew upstairs, the towel wasn’t there . . . so if somebody put that towel up there, it certainly wasn’t Drew Peterson, because he wasn’t there. Is this another conspiracy? Did somebody put that towel up there because they were down on their hands and knees? I don’t know. They’re all outside while [Rob] Sudd secures the scene. Who knows who put it there? Somebody put it there, or it was there and everybody forgot it was there. Steve [Maniaci] arrives, and has some words with Drew; Drew denies having anything to do with it.”

 

[rpgman]

I can't believe Lopez really said that. The cat ate the pie? OMG. Wow, does the DT think they lost the case? Because this closing thus far, awful.

I know, how goofy.

 

[WindyCityGirl]

In Session “They [the first responders] know it’s an accident . . . it is what it is, it’s an accident! It’s a weird accident, but it happens . . . people win the lottery with longer odds than that . . . they walk through the scene, and they see nothing.”

 

[Shelby1]

I can't believe Lopez really said that. The cat ate the pie? OMG. Wow, does the DT think they lost the case? Because this closing thus far, awful.

My cat wouldn't touch a pie......unless it was chicken pot pie.

 

[katydid23]

atty Lopez: State's experts can't agree on injuries. "That's not proof beyond a reasonable doubt. That is reasonable doubt."

"Two of the state's witnesses contradict the other...that's not proof beyond a reasonable doubt, that's nothing but doubt"

Lopez: “The blue towel’s a fallacy...It’s what in law enforcement is called a red herring, to get your eye off the ball.

Lopez: "...it's nothing but doubt, and we don't convict people unless it's proof beyond a reasonable doubt."

 

[WindyCityGirl]

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Lopez: "The reason Drew didn’t go into the house was because he wasn’t there on police business; he was following the divorce court order."

 

[rpgman]

Defense team is trying a JB ala CA defense....I knew attorney's with no integrity would study this case and use it at first chance. I sure hope the Jury is seeing this and put it back on their faces! This way, attorney's will not try this crap again!

bingo!

 

[lonetraveler]

Lopez says #DrewPeterson didn't enter the house bc he was under court order not to, not bc he knew Kathy's body was upstairs in the tub.

"you'll see the photographs - there's no signs of a struggle in the bedroom, bathroom. There is nothing! Absolutely nothing!"

Yep, it's obvious that Drew did a little housekeeping before he left to go do laundry at his house. All he had left to do was cleaning the bathtub and he did that as soon as the dead body was removed.

 

[WindyCityGirl]

In Session “They [the Illinois State Police] didn’t even know Sgt. Peterson. They didn’t have to protect him, didn’t have to do anything for him . . . they never asked him if he killed his wife! Do you want to know to know why? Because they knew it was an accident . . . they never returned to question him again. Collins knew it was an accident. They went to interview Stacy . . . that’s not proof of anything. Whatever was told to them they never went back and checked out. They were satisfied, because they knew it was an accident. Dr. Blum said that Dr. Mitchell said the mark on Kathy’s buttocks appeared to be healing. Even their own experts can’t agree if the glass is half empty or half full . . . that is not proof beyond a reasonable doubt, that is nothing but doubt! And their own experts can’t get it!. Dr. Blum stated that Dr. Mitchell did a sound job . . . the tongue was partially clenched between the teeth; that’s Blum, looking at Mitchell’s autopsy . . . he [Dr. Mitchell] still found it was an accident, that her death was related to an accident, and that she drowned. The cause of death is drowning. Not only did Dr. Mitchell do the autopsy, but he also photographed the autopsy. He’s the only one who actually saw how Kathy appeared shortly after she was found. He’s not in a conspiracy to protect Sgt. Peterson . . . he looked at it, and that’s how he came to his conclusion, based on all the evidence. The coroner’s inquest, Susan Doman testified, and never said anything about threats to kill her sister. Want to know why? Because they made it up later! The coroner said it was an accidental death, just like Dr. Mitchell.”

 

[rpgman]

My cat wouldn't touch a pie......unless it was chicken pot pie.

mine wouldn't touch it unless it was TUNA POT PIE, lol.

 

[katydid23]

atty Lopez asks why Savio's sisters didn't tell police that DP had threatened their sister after she died if it were true.

opez: Savio sister had a chance to tell officials about #DrewPeterson threats in 2004. "We don't wait to go on Greta VanSusteren in 2007."