Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat
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| Defense attorneys Balarezo and Purpura arrive at court |
45 juror candidates went through “voir dire”, which is the preliminary examination of a witness or a juror by a judge or attorneys. This part of the process is done under oath, and attorneys will rely on the extensive 31 page questionnaire submitted by potential jurors. See copy of questionnaire by using this link.
Going into Monday, of the 1000 questionnaires sent out, only 100 were in the running. Of the 45 questioned today, 17 were dismissed leaving 28 still in the running. There will be 12 jurors and 6 alternate jurors selected for the estimated 3-4 month trial.
Questioning focused heavily on previous exposure to information about El Chapo and of what source that information derived from. TV, film, media, blog etc. A woman was axed for watching the Netflix El Chapo series of which she said “was kinda boring”. Having strong feelings about cooperative witnesses was on point.
Another focus was their opinion of marijuana legalization.
Although Judge Cogan has been hyper-vigilant about the security of the jury, armed guard transport, anonymous jury-no names, occupations or even vague personal information, a couple of those questioned from the pool expressed fear regarding safety. One said she read jurors will be sought after by Chapo’s family. She was dismissed. Most expressed no fear.
The first questioned from the jury pool was a Michael Jackson impersonator expressed fears that he would be easy to identify, he asked to be excused but is still in the pool.
So far as a group the jurors are young. A couple of them even in their 20’s.
Fridays will have a dark courtroom during the trial. If the trial begins on time beginning next Monday, the jury selection process must be completed by Thursday.
Source:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2018/11/el-chapo-trial-first-day-ends-with-17.html
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