NORWICH – Peter M. Wlasiuk has been assigned a new attorney to defend him against the murder charges standing against him. Local attorney Scott Clippinger was appointed to represent Wlasiuk by presiding Broome County Court Judge Martin E. Smith.

Clippinger said his client is an innocent man and has suffered at the hands of the legal system. “Here is a man that has had four years of his life taken away,” said Clippinger.