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Jury Selection Begins In Detroit Terrorism Case

The man accused of trying to detonate explosives hidden in his underwear to bring down a jet airplane two years ago is in the midst of federal court proceedings in Detroit. A pool of prospective jurors are being asked whether they can separate actual evidence from the massive media coverage surrounding the case… Can you put your personal opinion aside and be impartial during this trial? Members of a jury pool hear repeated variations of that question as jury selection got underway for the trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He’s representing himself with the aid of a court-appointed attorney and occasional directions from the bench that he should wear appropriate attire, which does NOT mean his request for a Yemeni belt that includes a dagger. The government alleges that Abdulmutallab was trained in Yemen on how to get explosives on board a U-S aircraft and several of the prospective jurors said the accusation reminds them of the nine-eleven attacks. Yet only a handful of candidates have been excused from the pool, with most maintaining that they will make up their minds based on evidence shown in court, not from stories portrayed in the media.