Reply #11: Healthcare fraud trial in Columbus, Ohio - Day 1

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2/5/08 Sifting thru 250 potential jurors for National Century trial begins

some snippets...

Half of the 250 potential jurors packed Federal Judge Algenon L. Marbley's courtroom for the beginning of jury selection.

The jurors were asked how much they read and saw, and whether they thought they could be unbiased.

The prospective jurors had come from all over central and southern Ohio. Some told the judge of having an hour commute each way.

One potential juror said he was a former WorldCom employee and part of a civil suit over pensions that employees lost. Marbley did not dismiss him from consideration.

Marbley said defense attorneys and prosecutors are looking to seat 16 people who can devote time and impartiality to the trial, which could last two months.

more...
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/02/05/NatCen05.ART_ART_02-05-08_C12_9I98OUC.html?sid=101

Additional info from Monday's thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3168377&mesg_id=3168470