One juror down

Court started today with an unexpected situation. One of the members of the jury had a death in the family and wanted to be excused from the trial.

The man was asked to approach the bench and told the judge his mother passed away last night in Jonesboro. After listening to the situation, the judge allowed him to be excused from the trial.

Juror number 13 was asked to replace him. If you remember back to the jury selection, juror number 13 was the one that took the prosecutor's and defense the longest to decide upon. They had gone through at least seven possible candidates before choosing this particular woman as an alternate. She has now been moved from being an alternate to one of the main 12 jurors.