BY DAVE PARRO
UPDATE: The Kendall County state's attorney announced Tuesday he will appeal an earlier ruling that Sandra Vasquez's taped confession is inadmissible. That means the trial will be postponed -- possibly for more than a year -- while the appellate court sorts this out. That makes much of the debate over pretrial publicity moot for now.
Can an alleged drunken driver whose actions contributed to the deaths of five teenagers get a fair trial in the county where the much-publicized accident occurred?
Sandra Vasquez's defense attorney doesn't think so. That's why she wants the reckless-homicide and aggravated-DUI trial related to the February Oswego crash moved out of Kendall County.
The tragedy has certainly received its fair share of coverage. But at what point does the media attention given to a high-profile case taint the jury pool?
