Hearsay Law Under Fire by Drew Peterson

Drew Peterson's defense team filed a motion Monday to have the new Illinois hearsay law declared unconstitutional.

Peterson’s legal team asked the Will County Circuit Court to declare the new Illinois hearsay law, which they dubbed "Drew's Law," unconstitutional, according to a release from Peterson's publicist.

Lawyers Joel Brodsky, Reem Odeh, and Andrew Abood have said the state statute is unconstitutional and can't be used against Peterson because it was passed four years after the events he is accused of were alleged to have occurred, the release said.

It also violates his 6th Amendment right to confront witnesses, they allege. "Any attempt to introduce evidence through this statute violates the ex post facto provision of the United States Constitution," Abood said in the release.

“This ill conceived law would also deny Mr. Peterson his constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him, in violation of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings”, Brodsky said in the release.

A date for a hearing on the motion has not been set.