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Drew Peterson's lawyers (from left to right) Darryl Goldberg, Joel Brodsky, Joseph Lopez and Steven Greenberg address the media outside the Will County Courthouse Friday, May 4, 2012, at 14 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow (right) addresses the media following a hearing for Drew Peterson at the Will County Courthouse Friday, May 4, 2012, at 14 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~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
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
Kathleen Savio
In this May 7, 2009, file booking photo provided by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Joliet, Ill., former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson is shown. (AP Photo/Will County Sheriff's Office, File)
Members of the Will County prosecuter's office arriving at the Will County Courthouse, 14 W. Jefferson St., for the start of jury selection in the Drew Peterson murder trial on Monday, July 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times
Curtains (top floor) block the view of the hallway for Drew Peterson's jury selection at the Will County Courthouse Monday, July 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Will County State's Attorney James W. Glasgow walks toward the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill. for the second day of the Drew Peterson trial on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times
Charles Pelkie (left), communications director for the Will County State's Attorney, reads a statement from Kimberly Vaughn's family to the media after a guilty verdict was announced in the Christopher Vaughn murder trial at the Will County Courthouse Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Christopher Vaughn | Will County Sheriff's Office photo
JOLIET — The prosecution of two high-profile murder cases involving Drew Peterson and Christopher Vaughn didn’t come cheap for Will County. A few years ago the county transferred $500,000 into a special prosecution fund, mostly for those two cases. But that money is gone. Now, …