Michael Jackson Jury Selected
Update: ABC News provides this in-depth look at the jurors.
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Jury selection has been completed in the Michael Jackson trial. It resumed yesterday after a two week hiatus.
The panel included four men and eight women, ranging in age from 20 to 79. The racial and ethnic breakdown appeared to be: seven whites, four Hispanics and one Asian.
They are now in the process of selecting eight alternates for what is expected to be a six month trial. The jurors are between 20 and 79 years old.
Among the jurors were a woman who said her grandson was required to register as a sexual offender because of a crime; a woman who said she was related to the pilot of Flight 93, one of the planes that went down on Sept. 11; a 20-year-old man who likes "The Simpsons" TV show; and a man who is interested in Western art and country music.
One of the jurors had been asked during selection if he recognized celebrity witnesses in the case including self-help guru Deepak Chopra. He responded, "I think he's a rapper."
Michaels' defense will allege the mother of the accuser told him (and persumably his brother) to lie.
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