Kimberly Potter trial: Jury selection speeds toward completion
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Minnesota’s second largest district has voted to close several of its schools, but spared three others that were originally proposed to shutter.
The changes will affect about 6 percent of the district’s population, according to their estimates.
Falling enrollment due to declining birth rates and increased competition from other schools made changes necessary, district officials said. Only about 63 percent of all school-aged kids in the city actually attend St. Paul Public Schools. The rest choose private, charter, open enrollment or home school. Elizabeth Shockman has more details on the closures and changes. | |
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Judge Regina Chu gives instructions to prospective jurors on the first day of jury selection in the trial of former police officer Kimberly Potter on Tuesday.
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With nine members picked so far for a jury of 12 and two alternates, opening statements may come sooner than expected in the trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer charged in the Daunte Wright killing.
Prosecutors, defense attorneys and Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu have kept the work moving quickly the past two days, choosing five more jurors Wednesday among the pool of roughly 250 people who’d filled out detailed questionnaires probing their views on race, police and crime.
Five more jurors need to be seated. The prosecution burned the last of their peremptory challenges, allowing them to strike a juror without cause, on Wednesday afternoon. Potter’s defense team still has three remaining challenges.
It’s possible jury selection might be done by the end of Thursday, which could lead to opening statements before Dec. 8, the date Chu had initially penciled in. The judge on Wednesday asked attorneys if they'd be ready to present their opening statements early.
The trial is expected to end by Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. | | |
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