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Despite Tiede's confession, many citizens of Carthage still rally to his defense, even claiming Nugent deserved to die. Realizing he will be unable to procure an unbiased jury, Davidson successfully requests a change of venue to San Augustine. At the same time, all of the things that Tiede bought are confiscated, closing many local businesses ...
After the film Bernie (2011) was released, attorney Jodi Cole became interested in Tiede's case and met with him, filing a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus, in which Tiede alleged that his constitutional rights were violated in the first trial because of newly discovered evidence.
Bernie Tiede, right, is escorted by Panola County Sheriff Kevin Lake, left, and other deputies Tuesday, May 6, 2014, after his hearing at the Panola County Courthouse in Carthage.
A change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location. In high-profile matters, a change of venue may occur to move a jury trial away from a location where a fair and impartial jury may not be possible due to widespread publicity about a crime and its defendants to another community in order to obtain jurors who can be more objective in their duties.
Bernie Tiede, convicted of an infamous East Texas murder in 2014, has sued over the lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons. (Star-Telegram file photo) File photo.
Advocates for Texas prisoners on Monday asked to join a federal lawsuit filed last year by Bernie Tiede, who has alleged his life is in danger because he was being housed in a stifling prison cell ...
Tiede, a Finnish popular science magazine; Bernie Tiede (born 1958), American mortician and murderer; Herbert Tiede (1915–1987), German actor; Tiede Herrema (1921–2020), Dutch businessman; The Tiede family, victims of a homicidal attack by Von Taylor and Edward Deli in Oakley, Utah; see List of death row inmates in the United States § #Utah
She was also critical of the “last-minute” change of venue for Tuesday’s meeting, which was announced on Monday, in time to comply with the 24-hour notice required by state law.