Jury Selection Clears 16 Candidates For Casey Anthony Panel - WESH

Jury Selection Clears 16 Candidates For Casey Anthony Panel
By the CNN Wire Staff

POSTED: 7:32 pm EDT May 19, 2011
UPDATED: 7:32 pm EDT May 19, 2011

Excerpt:

(CNN) -- With 16 men and women having cleared various hurdles, the jury that will decide Casey Anthony's fate rounded further into shape Thursday -- setting the stage for opening arguments next week in the much-hyped trial.

Five more people -- three women and two men -- were deemed to be viable candidates Thursday to decide whether the Florida mother is guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. Casey Anthony faces six other charges as well, including aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and misleading law enforcement.

Thursday's full day of court proceedings, in which potential jurors were queried by defense and prosecution lawyers, was a marked contrast from Wednesday. On that day, the jury selection process abruptly adjourned after just a few hours because of what defense attorney Jose Baez later told Tru TV's "In Session" was a "private matter."

The jury must consist of 12 jurors, with several more people serving as alternates over the course of a trial that could last as long as eight weeks.

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