Jury Yet to Be Seated in Fields Trial

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Edit to add: The story has been updated new title is "Final Jury Pool Selected for Fields Trial"

I would title this article Jury Selection Nears Completion.

http://www.nbc29.com/story/39552206/fields-trial-day-3

Jury Yet to Be Seated in Fields Trial

Posted: Nov 28, 2018 8:30 AM EST
Updated: Nov 28, 2018 5:03 PM EST
Edited by John Early

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -

Lawyers and court officials continued to interview potential jurors all day Wednesday as James Alex Fields, Junior's trial enters its third day in Charlottesville Circuit Court.

The murder trial, which is scheduled to last a total of 18 days, got underway on Monday, November 26 [Click for coverage of Day 1, and Day 2]. However, the courtroom has yet to hear any testimony or see any evidence in the case against the 21-year-old Ohio man.

Roughly 360 people had been called to potentially serve on the 12-person jury, with an additional four alternates. That pool of potential jurors is being worked down to a total 28 people deemed qualified to hear the case. Lawyers on each side will then get to pick six people to strike from that 28 selected in order to get to the final jury.

As of mid Wednesday, November 28, the court still needed two more people to be selected for that qualified pool of 28. The process of striking 12 of them will not be taken up by attorneys until Thursday morning at the earliest.

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Some tweets from the courthouse

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Link to tweet