Ten jurors were selected yesterday and two more will be added today. Opening statements in the trial are scheduled to begin tomorrow (Sept 21).

Jurors in the case have been chosen in secret and the public and press were barred from the courtroom, hoping to shield jurors from being intimidated.

“Because of the nature of the case, some people are afraid,” Common Please Court Judge Karen Shreeves-Johns told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “It’s difficult as hell trying to get a jury with a well-known defendant. People are intimidated