A CLOCKWORK MURDER: The Night A Twisted Fantasy Became A Demented Reality by Steve Jackson

Author:Steve Jackson [Jackson, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: WildBlue Press
Published: 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00

The defense teams had wasted no time filing motions and subpoenas. One subpoena demanded that the Gazette and three local television stations turn over any unpublished letters from the community about the case, as well as any taped interviews with citizens, including those that had not been aired.

Wilson told Judge Parrish that the defense needed the materials to demonstrate that “there appears to be a lynch-mob mentality against these two gentlemen.” It was his opening salvo to get the trial moved to another city (a change of venue) because of pretrial publicity.

The public’s mood also was important, he said, because he wanted to have the grand jury indictments charging the defendants dismissed. The grand jury, he said, had been subjected to intensive press coverage, making them “an extension of a lynch-mob mentality.”

One unusual aspect of the proceedings was that the defendants had not yet entered a plea—guilty or not guilty. Nor would they, the defense teams said, until many of the motions had been settled.

At the hearing, the Luiszers got their first taste of what was to come, and they didn’t like it. They knew that the road ahead was going to be long and ugly; they just didn’t realize how long or how ugly, and that it would be made all the worse because of the possibility that Salmon and Woldt faced execution.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.