Blogs Cited as Reason for Attorney's Change-of-Venue Request

Peter Page reported in The National Law Journal, December 4, 2007.

A Tennessee defense attorney is arguing for a change of venue in a racially charged double murder by citing postings on Internet blogs along with newspaper and television reporting -- a move that legal observers say may become more common.

The case is U.S. v. Boyd (E.D. Tenn. 07-CR-003). Here's the Defedant's Brief. [20 pp. pdf]

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