Residents in Mandan, North Dakota received a new newspaper, Central ND News, highlighting events from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests of 2016. Greenpeace is currently facing a trial regarding the pipeline, and they argue that the publication has influenced jurors' perceptions. They seek to move the trial to Fargo due to concerns over bias stemming from local sentiments about the pipeline protests. Greenpeace warns that if they lose the trial, they might face severe financial repercussions, potentially leading to bankruptcy.
Greenpeace has argued the media coverage has made it difficult to get a fair trial and unsuccessfully attempted to move the trial to the nearby city of Fargo.
The bias stemming from jurors' personal experiences has been compounded by an apparent campaign to exert influence over potential Morton County jurors.
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