Two potential jurors have been excused after they and others explained scheduling conflicts to a judge overseeing the trial of a Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his toddler son in a hot SUV to die.
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About a dozen jurors who had asked to be excused were invited to explain their reasons to the judge.
More than 300 potential jurors are expected to be sworn in Tuesday morning. They will fill out a questionnaire and then will be told to come back for further questioning at some point in the next week or so.
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Justin Ross Harris sat somber-faced next to his attorney in a small, tightly-packed courtroom near Marietta, Georgia's town square Monday afternoon, dressed in a blue shirt and red tie instead of the orange prison clothing he's worn for nearly two years.
Harris fidgeted as attorneys for both the prosecution and his defense began the process of selecting 12 jurors and several alternates from a pool of 550 Cobb County residents to hear a first-degree murder case that has captivated the nation.
Those selected jurors will decide if 22-month-old son Cooper Harris died of heatstroke in a closed-up and unbearably hot car because his dad forgot to take him to daycare – or if it was a deliberate and cruel murder by design, carefully researched and planned.
The case will be tried before Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley, a former prosecutor.
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