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Jury selection begins in trial of former deputy accused of failing to confront Parkland shooter
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Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of a former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with failing to confront the shooter who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago.
The first four dozen prospective jurors to be considered for Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson's child neglect trial were brought into Circuit Judge Martin Fein's courtroom at mid-morning. Fein, prosecutors and Peterson's attorney will spend several days winnowing through hundreds of prospects until they find a pool of 50 who say they could serve for the two months the trial is expected to take.
From those 50, the attorneys will try next week to agree on a panel of six and four alternates to hear the case. Florida is one of six states that allow six-member juries for trials other than capital murder. The others are Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah. All other states use 12-member juries in felony trials.
For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/parkland-shooting-trial-broward-deputy-scot-peterson/67-c54c198c-0a95-4ce9-9600-1b5bad15a312
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