Thursday, September 8, 2011

Change of Venue Considered in Steed FLDS Trial

Unclear where the trial of the next FLDS member to be judged on charges of sexual assault on a child will be held. Attorneys for Leroy Steed saying that because of intense media coverage, they'd like to move his trial somewhere other than Sleicher County, where the FLDS' Zion Ranch was located and feelings run high. At a hearing in Tom Greene County district court in San Angelo this afternoon, Judge Barbara Walther told attorneys for both sides that if they can agree among themselves on a new location, she'll consider it.

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