Ammon Bundy jury pool shrinks - #BundyTeaParty

ASSOCIATED PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 23RD 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than 90 potential jurors for the upcoming trial of rancher Ammon Bundy for his alleged role in the 41-day occupation of an Oregon bird sanctuary have been excluded from the jury pool, leaving prosecutors and defense lawyers with about 200 more to assess until 12 are selected to serve on the jury.

The federal court presided by U.S. District Judge Anna Brown sent out 1,500 juror questionnaires and received 350 back ahead of the Sept. 7 trial.

About 25 percent of the people who filled them out were eliminated from the jury pool due to alleged bias or hardship ...

Brown spent hours Monday ruling on pre-trial requests by prosecutors and defense lawyers to exclude potential jurors ...

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