El Chapo jury selection begins today

[Takket]

I sincerely hope that the jury will be kept out of view and completely anonymous. The article says they will but whatever precautions they usually take... triple them. I hope he's locked up forever but I sure would not want to be on that jury......

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/05/us/el-chapo-guzman-trial-jury/index.html?utm_content=2018-11-05T07%3A13%3A02&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link

New York (CNN)Before arriving for jury duty on Monday, prospective panel members filled out a lengthy questionnaire that might have given them pause.
"The case for which you are summoned involves the defendant JOAQUIN ARCHIVALDO GUZMAN LOERA, also known as 'El Chapo,' " read query No. 48. "Have you read, seen or heard anything about the defendant, the case, or people involved?"
It would be hard not to.
"In some ways, this case is unprecedented; the amount of public attention has been extraordinary," Brooklyn US District Court Judge Brian Cogan wrote in a recent ruling.

[PJMcK]

1. NYC jury duty

A couple of years ago in the early Fall, I got a jury service notice for the week of Thanksgiving. I requested a postponement until after January 3rd. It was granted and I then got a notice to begin serving on January 4th. Talk about efficiency!

After a couple of days, I was seated on a criminal case which lasted three days before deliberations. Our deliberations took all of fifteen minutes to acquit the accused man.

I've served four times in my life and each time I've felt better about our country, (3 criminal cases, 1 civil). Yet I concur with your view that being on El Chapo's jury would be harrowing.