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Brodsky feels vindicated by ruling

Judge acknowledges strategy behind Smith decision

CHICAGO (MCT) — Moments after his former client was sentenced to 38 years in prison, Joel Brodsky’s reaction was that his reputation as an attorney had been restored.

“You know, I guess I feel vindicated,” Brodsky said with a shrug Thursday outside the courtroom where Drew Peterson was sentenced for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. “The judge said there was a strategy.”

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