| Three more added to Scott Peterson's jury pool April 19, 2004 After a week featuring "stealth" juror talk and a tense disagreement between the prosecution and judge, jury selection in the Scott Peterson murder trial continued relatively quietly today. A real estate broker, a firefighter and an accounting assistant are the latest for selection into the murder trial jury pool. The three were selected today to come back again for the final selection phase, to take place May 13. All of this morning's selections were questioned for about 20 minutes each by both the defense and prosecution. They were asked whether they have preconceived notions about guilt or innocence, as well as their feelings about the chance of putting someone to death. ******************* -Juror 7045, an older white woman who is a real estate broker and active in the League of Women Voters stated "It's something I could do, but not something I would like to do." She also said she could serve on the jury without hardship. ********************* JUROR #6 was -JUROR 17903 A young, white male who appears to be in his late 20s serves as a fireman and paramedic on a fire engine, aspires to be a captain or chief. His current captain "puts a lot of faith" in the legal system and said "no one knows what happened" in this case. The juror called the media "very often inaccurate and wrong." He said he could hand down a death penalty. He also asserted that, despite his ties to law enforcement, he would not give testifying police officers any more credence than he would give any other witness. "There's a lot of people who have badges that I'm ashamed to be associated with," he said. ********************** -Juror 6782, an accounting assistant who is an immigrant from an unidentified country who has been in the United States for 24 years, was the first potential juror to go through the individual questioning process to admit that he wanted to serve on a jury. "I'd like to serve on a jury. I haven't had that opportunity yet," He said he had not come to any conclusion on Peterson because he believes in the American judicial credo of innocent until proven guilty. He added that it would be difficult, however, to give the death penalty to someone. "Of course it would be difficult," the judge said, before eventually qualifying him. ******************* THE JURORS HOME INDEX LACI TRIAL NEWS SCOTT EVIDENCE-NEWS ALIBI-WITNESS LIST MAGAZINES AUTOPSY COURT DATES |
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