With the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried three weeks away, the jury selection process has begun, with lawyers for both the defense and prosecution teams submitting proposed questions in separate filings on Monday evening.
The procedure of jury selection, or voir dire, allows the two sides to winnow down a broader pool of potential jurors to just 12, plus a few alternates, who ultimately will hear the case. As Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing the trial, laid out in a recent hearing, the jury selection process must be complete before the trial is set to begin on Oct. 3.
