Where can the Couey trial go?
TAVARES – The search for a jury in the John Couey trial will start over in a new location now that a judge has decided that Lake County residents know too much about the case to render an unbiased verdict. Citrus County Circuit Judge Ric Howard abruptly canceled jury selection – throwing out the entire pool of jurors on Thursday as word of Couey’s confession in the grisly kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford tainted the remaining candidates. Jessica’s disappearance from her Homosassa home last year made local, state and national headlines. Because of the publicity, the judge didn’t even try seating a jury in Citrus. And after 3 days here, he gave up on Lake County. Still, legal experts think the court will find a place in Florida with unbiased jurors. “It’s a difficult and painful process,” said Charlie Rose at the Stetson University College of Law. “That’s part of living in a democracy. It’s ugly, but it gets done.” A frustrated Howard said the case would definit
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