Jury for Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial selected in California
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The 12-member panel was chosen from a pool of about 100 people after they completed a 28-page written questionnaire.
A jury of seven men and five women was sworn in Thursday for the criminal fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes over charges that the Theranos Inc. founder defrauded investors and patients, the judge said. The 12-member panel was chosen from a pool of about 100 people after they completed a 28-page written questionnaire and many were questioned further in court by the judge and lawyers. The jury includes at least one woman who disclosed personal experience of abuse, a subject that may prove central to deciding the 37-year-old entrepreneur’s guilt or innocence. Holmes, 37, faces a dozen fraud and conspiracy counts that could send her to prison for as long as 20 years if she’s convicted. It’s one of the highest-profile prosecutions in Silicon Valley history and the trial in federal court in San Jose, California, could last more than three months.
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