MSNBC

After 14 months of sordid headlines and days of hearings that left unanswered questions, Kobe Bryant’s sexual assault trial was to begin with hundreds of people scheduled to arrive for the first wave of jury selection.
About 500 Eagle County residents were expected to appear Friday at the courthouse to fill out 82-item questionnaires that defense attorneys, prosecutors and their consultants have agonized over for weeks.

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