JUDGE REVOKES WILLIAMS' BAIL

A District Court Judge this morning denied a request by Jessica Williams'
attorney, John Watkins, to reduce his client's $5 million bail so she could
go free until her sentencing next week.

Instead, District Judge Mark Gibbons revoked the bail entirely.

Williams, 21, was found guilty Feb. 16 of six counts of driving with a
prohibited substance in her blood.

Jurors found that Williams had more than two nanograms of THC -- the active
ingredient in marijuana -- in her blood when her van drifted off Interstate
15 on March 19, 2000, and struck and killed six teenagers.

Jurors decided, however, that Williams was not impaired by the THC or the
Ecstasy in her system. Watkins insists drivers cannot be guilty of being
under the influence of a drug while simultaneously acquitted of being impaired.

Watkins used that argument this morning during the hearing before Gibbons.

He told the judge that his client "could very well end up" having her
conviction overturned and it would be a shame if she were to remain
incarcerated until then.

Deputy District Attorney Bruce Nelson argued that instead of lowering
Williams' bail, it should be revoked entirely because of the sentence she
faces -- between two and 20 years in prison per victim.

Williams will be sentenced one week from today.