Murder Suspect Wants Charges Dropped Due to Seven Days Article

november 15, 2006  09:53 am
Attorneys for a man accused of killing a University of Vermont student have asked a judge to dismiss the charges because an FBI agent wrote an anonymous op-ed piece about the case in the Burlington alt-weekly. Co-publisher and Editor Pamela Polston tells AAN that Seven Days considered posting an explanation online but ultimately decided to "let the controversy play out in the letters-to-the-editor section." The affair triggered a deluge of mail, which can be read here.