Attorneys for the man accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth say in a recent court filing that the Durham County district attorney is undermining her own effort to limit pretrial publicity.
The defense team’s criticism centers on District Attorney Satana Deberry’s request to seal all motions and orders leading up to jury selection in the trial of Miguel Salguero Olivares, who is accused of raping and killing Hedgepeth in her off-campus apartment 14 years ago.
Deberry told The News & Observer last month that she is making the unusual request amid intense coverage of each step of the case, including defense filings that contained “a bunch of falsehoods and allegations that were not true in them.”…