The trials of two more polygamist sect leaders accused of child sexual assault and bigamy may not be moved out of San Angelo as their lawyers hoped. Attorneys for former F-L-D-S President Wendell Neilsen suggested holding the trial in Runnels or Winkler Counties or other locations. They say they want to move the trial out of San Angelo because of the extensive media coverage when sect leader Warren Jeffs was tried and convicted over the summer. However, 51st District Judge Barbara Walther indicated she might not move the trials at all, at least not very far. She told the lawyers that the cases have been thoroughly covered by the media everywhere in Texas and that she preferred to remain within her district. Final pre-trial hearings are now set for October seventeenth.
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