Judge Ric Howard has halted jury selection in the trial of John Couey, acused of the abduction and killing of Jessica Lunsford.
The judge halted jury selection Thursday in the trial of a sex offender accused of kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford and burying her alive, saying an impartial jury can’t be found so close to her home.
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On Thursday, after attorneys had spent three days trying to find jurors who hadn’t been exposed to news reports about the case, Howard declared they were still too close to find an impartial jury. It wasn’t clear if he would shift only the jury selection process or move the entire trial.
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