Regarding needing a change of venue, I still hold strong to the belief they could find people here.
I know a few people who don’t have cable or internet. I also know people like my husband who don’t really care to follow the news because they don’t believe news reporters tell the truth. He prefers hard sourced evidence like court docs, scientific journals, etc.
All jmo
ITA. Also AFAIK (and someone already pointed this out upthread, but I can’t find the post right now), watching media coverage and/or following the case doesn’t preclude someone from serving on a jury, provided that they can swear to be an unbiased juror and are not otherwise dismissed for cause.
However, that doesn’t mean that one or both of the defense teams won’t file a motion to change the venue, arguing that the media coverage of details of the case make it impossible to find a local unbiased jury pool.
But IANAL.