Judge stops jury selection in Couey murder trial
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Judge Richard Howard stopped jury selection in the John Couey murder trial Thursday at about noon.
Jurors were released because Howard said it's impossible to find an impartial jury in Lake County [Florida], where jury selection started Monday. He wants to move the case even farther from Citrus [County].
Couey is charged with the February 2005 kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford of Homosassa.
There was initial skepticism when Howard moved jury selection to Lake County, which is only an hour-and-a-half from Citrus County. With that not working to his satisfaction, Howard released all the potential jurors Thursday.
The widespread publicity about the case, along with Couey's incriminating statements made later to investigators, caused potential jurors to read about the case and hear details on many media outlets.
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