Lawyers for Frank James argue the non-stop media coverage and Mayor Eric Adams saying repeatedly that police "got him" makes it impossible to find impartial jurors in New York.
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The ABC7 I-Team reported that James lived in Chicago starting in 2015 and spent two years in a single-room occupancy hotel in Uptown.