LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) -- Before a jury was even seated, a judge declared a mistrial Thursday in a sex-assault case where he had barred the words "rape" and "victim," among others.

Judge Jeffre Cheuvront of Lancaster County District Court said protests and other publicity surrounding the rape case against Pamir Safi, 33, would have made it too difficult for jurors to ignore everything they heard before the trial, which had been expected to begin next week.

The full story is here:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/13/censored.trial.ap/index.html

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This is a followup to a previous discussion thread in this forum:
https://tdcaa.infopop.net/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=347098965&f=157098965&m=4851078151

I thought the proper remedy for a tainted jury pool was a change in venue? Seems a shaky reason to put words in witnesses' mouth--the judge outright said it was punishment for the publicity!