Maketa trial: 22 potential jurors already decided ex-sheriff was guilty

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1. Update to story:

Ex-El Paso County sheriff’s trial beginning after two days of jury selection


Opening statements and testimony in the corruption trial of ex-El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa will begin Thursday following two days of jury selection.

Proceedings are scheduled to get under way at 8:30 a.m.

A panel of seven men and seven women, including two alternates, was seated late Wednesday afternoon, winnowed from a pool of 90 people.

After roughly an hour of opening remarks by both sides, prosecutors will begin calling witnesses for what’s expected to be two weeks of testimony. The witness list involves a who’s who of El Paso County sheriff’s brass, including Sheriff Bill Elder.

More at http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/28/terry-maketa-el-paso-county-sheriff-trial-beginning/ .