The Law Offices Of Thomas Glasgow - High Profile Cases | Video Transcript

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HOSEA SANDERS: Well a number of high profile legal cases in our area, from the man accused of videotaping ESPN reporter to the death penalty sentencing for Jeanine Nicarico's killer, Brian Dugan.

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HOSEA SANDERS: To talk about the issues in those cases, we're joined by a good friend, legal expert attorney Thomas Glasgow. Good to have you with us as always.

THOMAS GLASGOW: Good morning. It's good to see you, Hosea.

HOSEA SANDERS: Now let's talk about that case that's getting all the national attribution, the man, Michael Barrett accused of secretly videotaping Erin Andrews in the hotel through a peephole. Why is this a federal case?

THOMAS GLASGOW: Well, stalking can be a state case and it can also be a federal case. In this case, he utilized the interstate commerce in order to facilitate the stalking. Allegedly he went to South Carolina and he, he communicated with people in Los Angeles. And part of the reason it's filed in the federal court in Los Angeles is because that's where she first viewed the videotapes and became emotionally disturbed by seeing the videotapes.

HOSEA SANDERS: Oh, okay. Now see, he's currently under house arrest. Is that surprising to you?

THOMAS GLASGOW: Well, the judge released him on bond. He released him on house arrest. He also ended up giving him an electronic monitoring to allow him to go to and from work and to and from the doctor.

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THOMAS GLASGOW: He's since been laid off from his work, so the only place he can leave for his home is to go to the doctor.

HOSEA SANDERS: He can't even do internet or anything.

THOMAS GLASGOW: He can't go anywhere. He can't be on internet. Electronics were taken away from him for approximately two months. He's going to be arraigned out in Los Angeles. But the affidavit goes through a very sordid and, and long history of what he did in order to stalk this woman. It really is creepy reading the affidavit from the FBI agent and if all these allegations are true.

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HOSEA SANDERS: Wow, some stuff in there, huh?

THOMAS GLASGOW: Yes.

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HOSEA SANDERS: I was wondering when I first heard this, what kind of liability or culpability does a hotel have in this case?

THOMAS GLASGOW: That's a very good question. Hotels have a reasonable duty to keep the, the premises safe for their guests. And you have to think about the fact that the hotel, if the allegations are true, allowed this man to find out where she was staying.

HOSEA SANDERS: Yeah.

THOMAS GLASGOW: Get a room next to her, tamper with the eyepiece to shorten it out so he could, he could make the video in a quicker manner, and the fact that he was able to stand outside her room for what seems like a very long period of time in order to take these videos.

HOSEA SANDERS: Kind of scary.

THOMAS GLASGOW: More will surface as this case goes as to whether or not there is a true liability on behalf of the hotel and the hotel chains that she stayed at. But I would think that there would be some kind of action here in the future.

HOSEA SANDERS: Real quickly before we run out of time. What's on the Dugan case? What's, what's really happened now? What can you tell us?

THOMAS GLASGOW: That's, that's a very good question.

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THOMAS GLASGOW: Right now what's happening is there is this death penalty eligibility phase to determine whether or not he meets the statutory requirements for the death penalty.

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THOMAS GLASGOW: And you must meet those in order to further go on to the next stage to determine whether the death penalty will be implemented. He killed someone who was under the age of 12. He committed other murders. He committed the act during the course of another forcible felony. Those are things that are death penalty triggers in order to put him into the realm for getting the death penalty.

HOSEA SANDERS: If he is given the death penalty, how likely is it do you think that he will actually be put to death?

THOMAS GLASGOW: Well, there, there's a moratorium currently on the death penalty.

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THOMAS GLASGOW: Between appeals and everything else, it could go for several, several years.

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THOMAS GLASGOW: And whether or not it'd actually be implemented really depends on the governor.

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THOMAS GLASGOW: And whether or not the moratorium is lifted at some point in the future.

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THOMAS GLASGOW: But right now, although the death penalty is being handed out in certain cases like the Lovejoy case out in Dupage, it currently is not being implemented by the correctional facilities because of the governor's moratorium.

HOSEA SANDERS: Well so much to keep an eye on. Thomas, thank you as always for being here with us. It's always a please talking to you, Thomas.

THOMAS GLASGOW: It's always a pleasure to see you too. Thank you very much.

HOSEA SANDERS: For more information go to our website, ABC7Chicago.com. We will link you with GlasgowLaw.net.

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