The Roger Clemens trial enters its second week halfway through the first round of jury selection. The court must come up with 36 possible jurors it can then whittle down to the 12 person panel and four alternates. After two days of jury selection last week, the attorneys advanced 18 individuals to the knockout stage. At the current pace, the first round should be completed at some point Tuesday afternoon.
Roger Clemens Trial Enters Week Two; Jury Selection Still Ongoing
At that point the two sides can work to empanel the jury by the end of the day on Wednesday. Of course, Judge Walton has been less than pleased with the slow pace thus far so it is entirely possible the lawyers might speed things up on Monday. The two sides have to advance 18 more people and if they dismiss three more before then, another 50 individuals will have go through the preliminary 82 questions met by the first 50.
If I had to make a prediction, it would be that jury selection is complete by Wednesday afternoon, which would get us to opening statements Thursday morning. If the opening statements are anything like they were in the Barry Bonds trial, we could have our first witness called Thursday afternoon. If the statements carry into the afternoon, the first witnesses would be held over for Monday July 18 as the court is in recess on Fridays.
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