Retired Bolingbrook Police Sgt. Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet on May 8, 2009, for arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Kathleen Savio. | M. Spencer Green~AP file photo
A Will County Sheriffs Police car believed to be carrying Drew Peterson enter the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's defense attorneys (left to right) Darryl Goldberg, Joseph Lopez, Joel Brodsky and Lisa Lopez talk to the media outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's defense attorneys (left to right) Darryl Goldberg, Joseph Lopez, Joel Brodsky and Lisa Lopez talk to the media outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's defense attorneys (left to right) Steven Greenberg, Joseph Lopez and Joel Brodsky talk to the media outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
A Will County Sheriff officer holds his head as prisoners are about to be transfered into the Will County Courthouse where the media circus coverage and the headaches of the high profile Drew Peterson trial will start with jury selections next week in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson defense team member Lisa Lopez outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson defense team member Joseph Lopez outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Attorney Steven Greenberg and the rest of Drew Peterson's defense team talk outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Attorney Steven Greenberg and the rest of Drew Peterson's defense team talk outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's defense attorneys (left to right) Joseph Lopez, Joel Brodsky and Lisa Lopez talk to the media outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky talks to the press outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's defense attorneys (left to right) Joel Brodsky and Lisa Lopez talk to the media outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
A media crew prepares for their report on the Drew Peterson case across the street from the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
A media crew preparesa report on the Drew Peterson case across the street from Will County Courthouse in July. Joliet officials are preparing for a large contingent of media when jury selection starts Monday for Peterson's murder trial. | Joseph P. Meier
Drew Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky talks to the press outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky meets the press outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky walks into the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Drew Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky walks to the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
A media crew prepares for their report on the Drew Peterson case across the street from Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
A media truck with satellite dish parked in front of the Will County Courthouse for Drew Peterson murder trial coverage in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Prisoners untangle themselves as they enter the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
A new battle that abruptly flared over long-disputed hearsay evidence is threatening to again stall Drew Peterson’s murder trial -- now scheduled to begin Monday. Will County Judge Edward Burmila touched off the clash Wednesday, saying he still may bar from Peterson’s trial crucial secondhand …