Judge Issues Gag Order For The Re-Trial Of Retailer Michael George
Macomb County Circuit Judge James Biernat Sr. issued a gag order Friday to keep attorneys from speaking to the press during the weeks leading up to the re-trial of retailer and convention organizer Michael George. This was in response to a request by defense attorneys to have the county's prosecutor's office removed from the case. The gag order is expected to last through the trial. George was convicted earlier this year and sentenced to life in prison from crimes surrounding the 1990 murder of his then-wife Barbara in their comic book store. A new trial was called for when Judge Biernat decided that information in the prosecutor's files might have changed his mind had they been introduced in a bench trial. Bail was subsequently denied George. The new trial is expected to begin late this year.
