Attorneys for the woman accused of intentionally ramming her car into a crowd of parade spectators are seeking a change of venue for her upcoming murder and assault trial.

Adacia Avery Chambers, 26, is charged with four counts of second degree murder and 42 counts of assault and battery by means or force likely to produce death. Prosecutors say Chambers exhibited a "depraved mind" when she plowed into the parade-goers at last year's Oklahoma State University homecoming parade. Initially, the woman was arrested on a DUI complaint, but blood tests soon revealed she was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash.

At least one witness says the woman told him immediately after the crash that she "wanted to be free" and that she was trying to kill herself at the time. She reportedly asked, "Is everyone okay?" after driving through the crowd and killing four people, including a married couple, a college student, and a 2-year-old boy. Of the dozens of injured people, 11 were children under the age of 13.

Chambers's defense lawyer argued that his client was not competent to stand trial; however, at a competency hearing, a judge determined that the defendant was mentally competent to understand the charges against her and to assist in her defense.

Now, her lawyer is seeking to move the trial out of Stillwater, saying that his client cannot get a fair trial in Payne County, at a courthouse only a mile and a half from where the collision took place. According to the request, Chambers will be unable to receive an impartial jury for her case, given the "widespread pre-trial media publicity" of her case.

Currently, her trial is scheduled to begin January 10.

Chambers is charged with murder under an Oklahoma law that classifies homicide as second degree murder "[w]hen perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to another person and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual" (21 O.S. § 701.8). She faces 10 years to life in prison for each of the four counts of second degree murder.

As for each of the 42 counts of assault and battery by means or force as is likely to produce death (21  O.S. § 652), the defendant faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Her attorney plans to raise the issue of mental illness or insanity in her defense.

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