Slender Man Trials’ Juries Will Be Sequestered

MILWAUKEE — Juries in the upcoming trials for two girls charged in the Slender Man stabbing case will be sequestered, the judge ordered Thursday.Defense attorneys for both Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier had requested the trials, now set for September and October, be moved to another county, or have juries drawn from another county, due to the extensive publicity in the case.Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren denied those requests, but on Thursday decided that the local juries will be sequestered, a rare and costly move designed to prevent any exposure to coverage of the case, or to people who might try to influence jurors.One of Geyser’s attorneys, Anthony Cotton, called the ruling “fantastic news,” given the high chances of even inadvertent exposure to coverage of or comments about the case on the news, in social media or among the community.

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