WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — WPTV is in the courtroom for day four of jury selection in the trial of Semmie Williams Jr., the man accused of killing 14-year-old Ryan Rogers in Palm Beach Gardens in November 2021.
WATCH: Court runs out of potential jurors
This morning the jury selection process has restarted, after the court failed to reach the required 12 jurors. The court asked to reserve 60 jurors for today.
Eleven jurors — eight women and three men — were selected yesterday but they need to select one more plus alternates today.
When the potential jurors were asked if they knew anything about the case, the majority responded to varying degrees that they did, whether that was from news reports when it happened or more recently.
As of the lunch break, 25 potential jurors remain.
The trial is now expected to end on Jan. 22.
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