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TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts) Sat Feb 3, 2018, 11:40 PM Feb 2018

Keene white supremacist denied change of venue for upcoming trial

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. — Christopher Cantwell, a white supremacist who has lived in Keene and was arrested after the summer violence in Charlottesville, Va., was unsuccessful Wednesday in seeking a change of venue for his upcoming trial.

Judge Cheryl Higgins denied this motion, along with a motion for a new prosecutor, according to CBS 19 News. The judge will revisit the change of venue request, if the court can't form an impartial jury for Cantwell's trial later this month, according to an email message from Jon Zug, a circuit court clerk.

http://www.nhangle.com/article/20180202/AGGREGATION/180209787/1010/goo.gl/VXyXwf
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Keene white supremacist denied change of venue for upcoming trial (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2018 OP

Good. Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #1

He should be judged by his peers. LiberalFighter Feb 2018 #2

Laffy Kat

(16,522 posts)

1. Good.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 3, 2018, 11:48 PM

Feb 2018

Like anyone he deserves a fair trial but how can a change of venue help? It will only be more costly to the tax-payers. Hopefully, he'll be getting free room and board courtesy of the tax payers for a long, long, time as it is.

LiberalFighter

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2. He should be judged by his peers.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Feb 4, 2018, 12:11 AM

Feb 2018

And his peers are only those in his community that he lives.

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