Prosecutor: Nuwaubians tainting jury pool

COVINGTON - A prosecutor says members of the quasi-religious Nuwaubian sect are trying to taint potential jurors in the child molestation trial of their leader by spreading defamatory fliers. <br> <br> Malachi York is the leader of the Nuwaubians. <br> <br> He had his trial moved from Putnam County to Covington four weeks ago because of concerns that pretrial publicity would prevent jurors from being impartial. <br> <br> District Attorney Fred Bright says that since then, the Nuwaubians have traveled to Covington to hand out fliers at shopping centers and to leave tabloid newspapers on car windshields. <br> <br> York faces charges of sexually abusing children in a 208-count state indictment and a four-count federal indictment. <br> <br> Bright says he&#39;s not pleased with the fliers but there&#39;s no way to stop them because they have freedom of speech rights.

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