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Final preparations are now underway for Lori Daybell's trial. Here’s what you can expect.
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BOISE — Final preparations are underway in Ada County as Lori Vallow Daybell’s murder trial is scheduled to begin Monday.
The complicated case involving several states, multiple law enforcement agencies, an extensive investigation and a massive amount of evidence has made headlines around the world for the past three years after two of Daybell’s children were reported missing.
READ OUR PREVIOUS STORIES ON THE CASE HERE
She was eventually charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan. Daybell is also charged with grand theft and conspiracy to commit murder for the death of her husband’s previous wife, Tammy Daybell.
Lori Daybell’s husband, Chad Daybell, faces similar charges but his trial has not yet been set.
Potential jurors have been dropping off questionnaires at the Ada County Courthouse this week as District Judge Steven Boyce, defense attorneys and prosecutors prepare for jury selection starting Monday.
Jury selection
The public can observe a live video feed of jury selection in a room at the Ada County Courtroom and a room in the Madison County Courthouse. Boyce ruled that only potential jurors are permitted in the actual courtroom while the jury is being picked.
“The potential jurors are called to the front of the room by the judge and the prosecution and the defense get a chance to ask them questions in a process called voir dire – a French word of meaning ‘to see and to say,'” explains David Leroy.
Leroy is a trial lawyer with five decades of experience who served as the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney, Idaho Attorney General and the Lt. Governor.
“The idea is to ask people questions about whether they can be fair, impartial and objective jurors in this case and decide the case only on the evidence they hear in the courtroom,” Leroy says.
Potential jurors will likely be asked how much they know about the case, if their mind is made up, if they are related to anyone involved in the investigation and other questions.
“The lawyers will have an opportunity to exercise what are called peremptory challenges, where they can decide that a particular juror might be less fair to their point of view and they can bump a certain number of people that way,” Leroy says. “While each side is looking for a fair and impartial juror, they’re also looking for somebody who might tend to favor their particular point of view.”
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