Winkler trial to be televised
The trial will be seen live on NewsChannel 5+ (Channel 50 on Charter and Comcast Cable) and NewsChannel5.com. The announcement means NewsChannel 5 will join Court TV in plans to broadcast the trial in its entirety.
In their announcement regarding the trial, for which jury selection begins Monday in Selmer, the Nashville TV station said viewers will not only see everything that happens inside the courtroom, but they will get insight and
analysis from NewsChannel 5?s Nick Beres and legal analyst Nick Bailey. When the court takes a recess. Beres and Bailey will answer viewer calls and e-mails live on the air.
The NewsChannel 5 Network has provided gavel-to-gavel coverage of several high-profile murder trials in the past, including those of serial killer Paul Reid, Byron ?Low Tax? Looper and Perry March.
Updates and analysis on the trial, as well as local reaction and opinions, can also be found in the Southern Standard during its regular publication dates during the trial. The newspaper will also have updates throughout each trial day on its Web site: www.southernstandard.com.
Television coverage will not begin until opening arguments. A week has been set aside for jury selection since finding impartial jurors may be difficult in such a high-profile and polarizing case.
Winkler was arrested in Orange Beach, Ala., in March 2006, one day after her husband, Mathew, was found shot to death in the couple?s home in Selmer. Prior to moving to West Tennessee to preach, Mr. Winkler had been a youth minister with Central Church of Christ in McMinnville.
Mary Winkler has been living and working here since August after making $750,000 bond.