At the end of day one of jury selection in the case of murder defendant Siaumau Siaumau Jr., not a single juror was selected from the pool of close to 120 that was called in today.
About the same number of potential jurors will be screened tomorrow to select a panel of 7…six jurors and an alternate to decide the fate of Siaumau, who is accused of the July 22, 2010 shooting death of police detective Liusila Brown and the attempted murder of two other officers.
KHJ News understands that a total of 300 potential jurors, who are picked from the American Samoa voter roll, would be questioned during voir dire to uncover any conflicts, biases or other reasons to dismiss them from the jury panel.
Assistant Public Defender Mike White is representing Siaumau while Deputy Attorney General Mitzie Jessop Taase is the prosecutor.
It was expected that the trial would get underway by Thursday however if the rate of jury selection continues like today, the trial may not even start by the end of this week.
