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WCJB said jury selection for Dwain Hall, 54, charged with murdering Sonia Exelby, is scheduled to begin Monday. Court TV and the Daily Mail printed November 16.
WCJB Staff published that line at 2:39 a.m. EST on Nov. 5, 2026, and did not print a date. Court TV, by Lauren Silver, posted at 12:15 p.m. on Nov. 4, says Hall has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and kidnapping and that jury selection is set for Nov. 16. The Daily Mail, by Arthur Parashar, published Nov. 6 at 10:25 a.m. UTC, also prints November 16. The judge has not ruled on the Williams request in these accounts.
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Monday with no date, on WCJB, and November 16, on Court TV and the Daily Mail, are not the same calendar line. November 16, 2026, is a Monday. So is November 9, the Monday after the WCJB story. Considering, and under advisement, are not the same procedural word. A not-guilty plea is not a verdict.
WCJB Staff, published Nov. 5, 2026, at 2:39 a.m. EST, with a dateline of Reddick, Fla., reported jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of a man from Marion County charged with murdering a woman from the United Kingdom. It reported Dwain Hall, 54, is charged with murdering Sonia Exelby. It reported investigators say Exelby traveled from the UK to Reddick after asking Hall to kill her, but she changed her mind. It reported the judge is considering a request by prosecutors to implement the Williams rule, allowing them to introduce evidence of Hall's past bad behavior. Monday, in that story, does not print a date. The story was published on a Thursday. The Monday after that publication is November 9. The story does not print November 9. It does not print a plea, a degree of murder, a kidnapping count, the judge's name, or Exelby's age.
Court TV, by Lauren Silver, posted at 12:15 p.m. on November 4, 2026, with no zone on that line, reported Dwain Hall, 54, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Sonia Exelby, 32, a native of the U.K. Charged with murdering, on WCJB, and first-degree murder and kidnapping, on Court TV, are not the same charge line. Not guilty is the plea Court TV reported. WCJB does not print a plea. It reported Judge Timothy McCourt presided over a Williams hearing on Tuesday. Tuesday, in a story posted November 4, is November 3. The page's courtroom caption is dated Nov. 3, 2026. It reported Williams hearings generally address evidence of prior bad acts, and that prosecutors asked permission to show the jury photographs found on the defendant's phone. The contents of those photographs are not in this account. It reported McCourt said he would take the issue under advisement and issue a written ruling quickly, noting that jury selection is scheduled to begin on Nov. 16. Considering, on WCJB, and under advisement, on Court TV, are not the same procedural word. Past bad behavior, on WCJB, and photographs found on the phone, on Court TV, are not the same description of the request. It reported prosecutor Amy Beth Berndt confirmed the state was not extending any plea offers, at the request of the victim's family. A decision not to extend an offer is not a verdict. November 16, on Court TV, and Monday with no date, on WCJB, are not the same calendar line. November 16, 2026, is a Monday. So is November 9.
The Daily Mail, by Arthur Parashar, published November 6, 2026, at 10:25 a.m. UTC and updated at 4:00 p.m. UTC, reported Dwain Hall, 54, is awaiting trial for the kidnap and murder of Sonia Exelby, 32, from Southsea, Portsmouth. Age 32 is on Court TV and the Daily Mail. It is not on WCJB. From Southsea, Portsmouth, a woman from the United Kingdom, and a native of the U.K., are not the same place line. It reported he was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping and will go on trial on November 16. Arrested on suspicion, on the Daily Mail, pleaded not guilty, on Court TV, and charged with murdering, on WCJB, are not the same step. Kidnap, and kidnapping, are not the same word. It reported Timothy McCourt is the presiding judge, and that a judgment on whether the photographs can be used as evidence will be issued before jury selection on November 16. A written ruling quickly, on Court TV, and before jury selection on November 16, on the Daily Mail, are not the same deadline. The Daily Mail page does not print the words Williams rule. It reported the defense argued the photographs should not be used. The Daily Mail prints a different account of why Exelby traveled. This account uses the investigators' sentence on WCJB. She asked Hall to kill her, and she changed her mind. No page used here reports a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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