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Wednesday, July 02, 2003

New Venue

Breaking News:

    FAIRFAX, Va. — A judge ordered a change of venue Wednesday for the trial of sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo (search), moving the case from Fairfax County to Chesapeake, 200 miles to the south.

    Circuit Court Judge Jane Marum Roush said she feared Malvo wouldn’t be able to get a fair trial in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, where the sniper attacks terrorized residents over a three-week period last fall.

Methinks this judge is a smart cookie for a coupla reasons: 1) she doesn’t have to deal with it anymore and 2) I’m told that Chesapeake is a pretty pro-death penalty area.

And just because that area is outside of the Washington DC region, doesn’t mean that folks down there weren’t affected by the shootings to the north. Sure it takes him out of the immediate area of the shootings, but he’s still going to be tried in the Commonwealth. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens.

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