Jurors in the Posey County trial of a sex offender who was profiled on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be selected from Monroe County. That's the home of Indiana University, and the defense lawyer believes jurors from a more liberal community will be more sympathetic to his client.
Thirty-three-year-old William Davis was convicted in 1992 of molesting a child and was wanted on 10 felony sex charges in Vanderburgh and Posey counties. He was one of several fugitives profiled on Winfrey's show in October. He had been living in Fargo, North Dakota, where a neighbor saw his picture on the T-V show and
reported him to the F-B-I.
Back in Indiana, his lawyer asked for a change of venue but agreed to keep the trial in Posey County when Prosecutor Jodi Uebelhack let him pick Monroe County to supply the pool of jurors.
Jury selection will start February 21st in Bloomington. Once jurors are chosen, they will be driven to Mount Vernon for the trial.
I saw both Oprah episodes about this creep. Sorry, alleged creep. Okay, I didn't let the story speak for itself.
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