Jurors selected for murder trial

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Fourteen jurors were selected as the triple murder and manslaughter trial of Jason Allen Rose began Monday.

Douglas County assistant district attorney Amy McGowan and defense attorney Ron Evans began questioning a pool of 71 potential jurors Monday morning. The group was eventually narrowed down to the six men and six women selected for the jury, plus two men selected as alternates.

Rose is accused of starting an October 2005 fire at the Boardwalk Apartments that killed three residents and injured several others. University of Kansas student Nicole Bingham was among the three fatalities. Rose’s initial trial began in February, but was declared a mistrial after five days because the prosecution moved to admit a late witness.

Monday’s jury selection lasted just less than seven hours, ending at 3:15 p.m. Among those dismissed from the initial pool was a woman who said she would not be able to handle seeing the “gruesome” images that Evans said would be shown. A Lawrence man who had helped install air conditioning in the building more than a decade ago was also dismissed. Evans argued that the man’s knowledge of the building would hamper his ability to hear the case.

Evans told the jury he couldn’t promise a specific length for the trial.

“The chance of it going past two weeks, I can’t say,” Evans said. “You’re going to hear from 40 to 50 witnesses, along with a two-and-a-half day witness video. I wish I could say for sure, but the truth is, I can’t.”

The jury will be sworn in and presented with opening statements at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Kansan staff writer Erick R. Schmidt can be contacted at eschmidt@kansan.com.

— Edited by Sharla Shivers

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