Holloway will be brought the U.S. to face charges good 561111 now at noon the next of jury
selection is underway right now
in the Scott Peterson case. He’s
accused of failing to confront
the gunman during the Parkland
School shooting opportunities.
Reporter Christina vasquez joins
us live, the courthouse in Fort
Lauderdale. The latest and to
bring you up to speed. You may
remember there are five
prospective jurors that in that
courtroom. These were the 55
that at stage one last week told
the court they do that they
could serve the entire length of
this trial, which expected to
run until mid-August. Now, later
on this is when we anticipate
that we will then hear attorneys
, both sides begin really probe
these prospective jurors about
their insights, thoughts,
especially when it comes to
pretrial publicity, what have
heard about the Parkland
shooting and what impact has
this had on their lives? What
the morning section been is
really the judge setting up some
nice rapport with these
potential jurors. He kind of
made it interactive, felt a
little bit like you were in a
classroom. He was trying to
ensure that they understand the
basic principles. Right Of being
a juror. 101 How to be fair,
impartial, that the state has
burden of proof. And he had
wireless microphones. They’re
all being identified by number
and not name. So what he would
do is he would read part of the
instructions and then he would
take a stop, call them out by
number. Hey, number 38, Number
42. What did I say? What did
that? So those are really
participatory interact live
experience during this jury
selection as he really wants to
ensure, that they are clear
about the guilt and innocence
stage here about being fair and
impartial. And he said, look,
you probably have about the
Parkland shooting. That’s not
going to disqualify you from
serving on this jury. The key
here is, can you put whatever
thoughts may have had about that
aside? And even if you had,
let’s say, a personal bias based
on past coverage, something
you’ve consumed in terms of
infamy Shawn about this case now
, that you’re here now, that you
could a juror sitting on this
case, do you have it in you to
say. I am only going to think
and look and review the evidence
presented at this I’m making a
determination about the facts of
the case per the evidence I
within the courtroom they’re
trying to narrow down from that
55 into a group of ten so that
would be six jurors and four
alternates. And then he also the
charging document out to these
prospective jurors. So this is
the allegation right. These are
the charges that the prosecutor
was are putting out there
related the charges that against
Scott Peterson facing he is that
former BSO deputy that was
assigned Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School as a
resource officer on that fateful
day on Valentine’s Day 18 and of
the charges he is all of them
except for one. Get to that in a
second. All of them except for
relate to all of those, were
wounded or died on the third
floor of the 1200 building, the
investigators in this case and
the Prosequi orders are making
this case that not when the
shots were fired on the first
floor, by the time that had
happened, that Scott Peterson in
position and that not just his
inactions, actions, what he did
and did not do at that moment.
The reason why those on the
third floor were either wounded
or were killed. And so the judge
read through each count. I
mentioned I held back on one
that last count, a perjury count
and actually is a charge saying
that Scott Peterson also lied to
investigators about. What he saw
and heard when he was there on.
So what I’m going to have you do
is pretend that you’re a
prospective juror in this. And
there are ten different counts
and you’re going to listen in
just to one of them. You’re
going to hear the charging
document that these potential
jurors hurt. Take a listen. All
right well, negligence as a
caregiver feeling declining or
refusing to attempt investigate
the source of. The gunshots
fired within the building
described as the problem is
building building 12 at larger
Stoneman Douglas High School and
failing declining or refusing to
move toward the sound gunfire
and or failing declining or
refusing to seek out, confront
or engage the shooter, thereby
James University shot and killed
a firearm by another person and
of and we start was something
that I suspect that these
potential jurors they may not
know it now but very soon
they’re going to hear more about
this from both sides, especially
as the trial unfolds, which is
this of a school resource
officer as a caregiver. That is
because what makes this trial so
unique, according to legal
analysts, really a first of its
kind. I’ve learned there are
legal analysts across the
country that are actually
watching this case. The outcome,
I’m being told, could even have
impacts on how officers in
Uvalde situation could be
charged. And that’s some of the
charges in this case relate to
child and the interpretation
from prosecutor Cruz here of a
school resource officer as care
giver is something that
definitely makes this unique. So
they’re in lunch right now and
then they’ll be in the afternoon
and again that is we anticipate
that it will be at the position
where both can then begin. Juror
juror being able to ask them
questions on a jury
questionnaire they were required
to fill out. It was two page
questionnaire and, as you know,
jury questionnaires. They really
set up the issues in the case
and there was one open ended
question that the judge said he
wanted it open ended. He
designed it on purpose, which
is, again, what was the impact
learning or knowing or seeing
anything about the Parkland
shooting to your life and then
the opening apart and sort of
expound on that. What did it
have an impact in how? And I do
anticipate we’ll see both sides
really drilling down on that. So
back to you. All right. Thanks