In 1987, I covered one of the most horrific stories ever reported. A man named Gary Michael Heidnik was arrested for kidnapping, torturing and raping six women, whom he kept imprisoned in a hole that he dug in his Philadelphia basement.
Not surprisingly, the media attention generated by this gruesome story was somewhat of a circus. The defense attorney who stepped to the plate was a charismatic young man by the name of Charles Peruto Jr., whose father was already a local lawyer superstar.
Like father, like son, the young Charlie loved media attention, and we loved him right back. Charlie got it. [Read more…] about Are your words keepers or clunkers? Here’s how to tell
