The NXIVM trial starts tomorrow!The final jury selection is taking place today. Twelve jurors with six alternates will be seated by Judge Garaufis. Contributor "krclaviger" does a thought piece of what kinds of jurors the defense and prosecution will be looking for, over at FrankReport.com.
The Albany Times Union has published a long story with loads of background details titled, "Raniere Stands Alone". And indeed he does. This is a good article to share with people who haven't heard of this trial, or only know that the actess Allison Mack is (now was) accused of crimes with some 'wacky cult'.
The judge has ruled that victims testifying in the trial will have their identities partially masked, probably just using first names and no last name.
The NY Times actually printed the second story in a week on the cult trial. Go figure. I can't read the whole thing as I'm unable to bypass the paywall at the moment. That's motivating some other news outlets to actually start printing some articles including CBS, Fox, NY Post and some others.
While composing this, the jury has been empaneled with 8 men and four women.
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A little more info is coming out on the plane that crashed en route from Las Vegas, to Monterrey, Mexico.
Media accounts are reporting variously 13 or 14 souls on board, including 10 or 11 passengers, and two or three crew.
That’s a bit confusing. It indicates to me that there may or may not have been an accurate flight manifest filed.
However, based on the flight manifest, the Mercury News is reporting the following list:
Pilot Juan Jose Aguilar Talavera, 45
Crew member Luis Ovidio Gonzalez Flores, 29
Luis Octavio Reyes Dominguez, 54
Loyda Liliana Luna Larrosa, 49
Jade Paola Reyes Luna, 26
Guillermo Octavio Reyes Luna, 23
Frida Alejandrina Reyes Luna, 19
Ramon Amauri Vela, 57
Martha Isabel Garcia Lagunes, 43
Gary Amauri Vela Garcia, 19
Adriana Monserrat Mejia Sanchez, 29
Manuel Alejandro Sepulveda Gonzalez, 25
Monica Leticia Salinas Trevino, 22
Thanks so much for the summary and the links! Thanks also for tracking this so closely over the past several months!
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Loving your updates, Kit. Sounds like the party is about to get started. What a dirty job to be on that jury...but I admire their commitment to justice.