50 Jurors in the Pool

Another day of jury selection. They reached their goal of 50 today. They will do preemptive strikes tomorrow. Preemptive strikes is where each side gets to release 16 jurors without cause. Once that is completed we have an 18 person jury! It’s looking like opening statements could happen Monday.

It’s been fun hanging out with Nate Eaton from EastIdahoNews.com. Every evening at around 6:30 MT he does Courtroom insider on YouTube. He recaps the events of the day. Great way to keep up.

At the lunch break Lauren Matthias of Hidden True Crime does her lunchtime live on YouTube. I promise you that if you watch both Lauren and Nate, you will have all the news of the day about the trial.

Also, check out the interview I did with Elizabeth Vargas on News Nation last night. It was an honer to be on her show.

Chad’s attorney, John Prior was on his game today. One potential juror called him on his ability to go on and on until you have forgotten what it was he was asking you. He talked a lot about “everything that glitters is not gold”, I think giving us a clue what his strategy will be. He told us he has a beautiful girlfriend that is too good for him. There’s more, but you get the idea.

Pre orders for my book are going well. It means the world to me that you all are helping me out supporting Hope House. If you would like a signed copy, let me know and I’ll do whatever I need to do to make that happen.

Jeanine Harrop Hansen sent me a bag full of wrist bands in honor of Tylee, JJ and Tammy. If you see me, make sure to ask me for one.

I’m looking forward to catching up with all of the people coming into Boise for the trial Monday.

I’ll keep you up to date when I can.