Jury selection continues to crawl along in the Robert Dunn, Bobbie Noonan Day Care 1st Degree murder case. According to the State Attorney’s Office, they have 29 potential jurors form the first two weeks of selection, and are hoping to get a panel of 60 for the next phase. Clearly the publicity in the case is making it difficult to get an impartial jury. However, it’s better to spend the extra time during jury selection to make sure to get it right, so the trial doesn’t have to be retried, as the Gateway Murders trial (Fred Cooper) a couple of years ago.
“Zumba prostitute” Alexis Wright
Several more names have been released in the Zumba prostitution case (Alexis Wright). That’s about 40 names at this point… most of them in that little town. By scale- this is bigger than the Elliot Spitzer case in New York.
And finally, Crimcourts has our fingers crossed for everyone in the path of Hurricane Sandy. We have an exclusive update from our own correspondent in NYC (my Mom). Even this morning the streets are deserted. Rain started at 11 am and has gotten worse, all the stores are closed. Mom is staying near Grand Central Station, and it’s a ghost town. Everyone on the east coast stay safe! (Especially you, Mom!)
UPDATE: George Zimmerman news: the judge has denied a gag order request: the new Judge, Debra Nelson, ruled the State had failed to show prejudice. This is the second time it has been denied. Additionally, the judge limited the State’s request for medical records. Trayvon Martin’s family attorney has been vociferously complaining, but ironically, the outspokenness and public presence the Martin family has presented in the media with their side of the story gives further justification for Zimmerman’s defense team giving updates. #standyourground
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Power outage map from con ed. http://apps.coned.com/stormcenter_external/m.html
My sister at West 76 reports she is all good, consistent with the ConEd map.