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Defense in girls stabbing plot wants outside jury

By: Associated Press//September 1, 2016//

Defense in girls stabbing plot wants outside jury

By: Associated Press//September 1, 2016//

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Morgan Geyser is led into the courtroom at Waukesha County Court, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016 in Waukesha, Wis. Geyser, one of two girls accused of trying to kill a 12-year-old classmate to please horror character Slender Man two years ago pleaded not guilty Friday by reason of insanity. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
Morgan Geyser is led into the courtroom at Waukesha County Court on Aug. 19. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for two girls accused of trying to kill a 12-year-old classmate to please the horror character Slender Man will try to have jurors selected outside Waukesha County for the defendants’ trials.

A defense motion filed this week on behalf of Morgan Geyser says a “non-Waukesha County jury should be empaneled” because of heavy media coverage. Geyser has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.

WITI-TV reports a letter submitted to the court on behalf of the other girl says the defense is seeking a jury pool from a different county but wants the trial to remain in Waukesha.

Prosecutors say the girls, all 12 at the time, lured their classmate Payton Leutner to some woods in a Waukesha park, stabbed her 19 times and fled. Payton crawled out of the woods to get help.

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