What you know, alibiers. Welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. I'm Gigi. Good to have you here. It's Thursday, October 30th. Man, almost November. Going to be Christmas before we know it and that stresses me out. Today's episode is going to be super quick. We're just going to break down what the judge ruled regarding the Barry Morfew case and future hearings being streamed. Just to recap,

Barry Morfew was arrested a second time in June of this year for the murder of his wife,

Suzanne Morfew, and he was released on bond, September 19th after friends and supporters raised

enough money for him to post the amount. That bond was set at $3 million, but he only had to pony up $300,000 to get out.

Earlier this week, Judge Amanda Hopkins ruled there will be no more public live streaming of Barry

Morphew's hearings saying that at least two YouTubers violated state law, which prohibits the

recording and rebroadcasting of hearings.

The judge said protecting Barry's rights amid an unbelievable amount of local, state, national, and international attention on the case.

She also said the venomous commentary could affect either party's right to a fair trial by tainting the small jury pool through the prevalence of

factual inaccuracies and the court of public opinion. While the impact of outside commentary

is not an uncommon concern in a high profile case, what is occurring because of the behavior of the

YouTubers rises to a level of seriousness beyond that which something like a change

of venue could resolve. She also says at worst, the calls for and acts of violence against

the parties and legal professionals will lead to somebody being physically hurt. Colorado has a law

that allows the live streaming of hearings, but a judge can choose to turn off access if the live stream compromises the safety of anyone, Berries right to a fair trial or victim's rights.

In choosing to deny public access to these hearings, the judge would need to find a less restrictive alternative to allow public viewing

to watch remotely while still protecting those rights. She said any less restrictive remedies would

prove fruitless. The Colorado Judicial Department has posted in several places admonitions

against precisely the type of behavior which has occurred, which is recording

live streaming. Those warnings were ignored and even included the unlawfully reproduced

material. She also notes that contempt charges could be imposed since state law says that the

hearings cannot be rebroadcast, but the judge also says it would be

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