Change of Venue just sounds like more “legal jargon.” What it means is changing the location of the place where somebody would be prosecuted for a crime. Even more specifically, it is really about trying to get a different jury and maybe a different jury pool to hear the case. I’ve had cases where a county may not give you a favorable verdict and if you changed the jury pool because of ethnicity, income, education, political outlook, whatever, you might be in a better position. Sometimes it is about publicity or about how well known the person is in the original jurisdiction. It all matters. It is complicated and not easy to convince a judge to allow this. That being said, it is sometimes worth the fight.

I will appear on Voice of American International Edition to talk about the George Floyd case and the change of venue motions pending before the court.