“What’s happened?” “Have you been on the Internet in the past few days?” “No. I’ve been a little busy.”
“Well, the trial is all over the damned Internet. That’s all they’re talking about in the chat rooms.”
“That figures,” David said. “But what’s the—?” “It’s all negative, David.
“They’re saying that Ashley is guilty and that she should be executed. And they’re saying it in very colorful ways.
You can’t believe how vicious they are.” David, suddenly realizing, said, “Oh, my God! If any of the jurors are on the Internet—”
“The odds are pretty good that some of them are, and they’ll be influenced.
I would ask for a mistrial, or at the very least, to have the jurors sequestered.” “Thanks, Jesse. Will do.”
David replaced the receiver. When he returned to the restaurant where Sandra was waiting, she asked, “Bad?” “Bad.”
Before court convened the following morning, David asked to see Judge Williams.
He was ushered into her chambers, along with Mickey Brennan. “You asked to see me?”
Yes, Your Honor. I learned last night that this trial is the number one subject on the Internet.
It’s what all the chat rooms are discussing, and they’ve already convicted the defendant. It’s very prejudicial.”
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