Another Motion for Mistrial

It seems pretty obvious that the prosecution is trying to throw the Drew Peterson case. How else do you explain this?

• The judge in the Drew Peterson murder trial held off on granting his attorneys’ request for a mistrial after prosecutors asked a witness about a bullet found in the man’s driveway.

  Peterson’s lawyers objected to the line of questioning, and prosecutors conceded they would not be able to prove any link between Peterson and the bullet.

  After hearing arguments from both sides and taking a break to mull the request, Will County Judge Edward Burmila returned to court and said he would not issue his ruling on the request without first giving defense attorneys the option of instead seeking to throw out all of the man’s testimony.

  After the two sides discussed it with Burmila, he ordered court adjourned until Thursday morning.

  Earlier, he called prosecutors’ tactics “a low blow” but said he is giving the defense a chance to strike Tom Pontarelli’s testimony.

You can't un-ring that bell. Jurors told to disregard someone's testimony in its entirety after they've already heard it? Not happening.

And for the prosecution to put this out there after having it disallowed by other courts? That's pretty close to criminal incompetence if not deliberate misconduct.

So what does Glasgow and Will County gain by throwing the case? The defense has the upper hand so far and they haven't even started to present their side.