Jury selection slows in first capital terror trial at Guantanamo Bay over USS Cole bombing
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Jury selection in the USS Cole bombing capital case at Guantanamo Bay, the first capital jury empanelled by the military commissions, is expected to run past Thanksgiving. Judge Col. Matthew Fitzgerald aims to seat 12 jurors and six alternates, with each side holding one peremptory challenge once 20 are chosen. Only one juror was accepted by Wednesday, and 18 more pool members are due on 14 November, with court in recess on 11 November for Veterans Day.
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