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Originally Posted by SydneyK
I realize it's a rhetorical question, but it's one that merits an answer. I'd honestly like to know why that didn't happen (assuming, of course, it is a viable option).
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I'm guessing because no one asked for a change of venue? I suppose the court could have raised the issue
sua sponte. I could see a good case for that. Again though, a P.D. would probably only do that if he thought his client had a snowball's chance at an acquittal. Considering the number of witnesses for the state (which would make it an expensive case to do somewhere else), the fact that there was probably a lot of media coverage all over the state, etc., it'd be pretty hard to find another venue which wasn't plagued by all of the same problems of exposure.
At any rate, the kids are guilty as hell. The only real question should be punishment.