DATE= 10/6/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220915 TITLE=UNABOMBER JURY (S-ONLY) BYLINE=GREG FLAKUS DATELINE=LOS ANGELES CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, THE LONG PROCESS OF JURY SELECTION HAS BEGUN FOR THE UNABOMBER TRIAL WITH SOME 600 PROSPECTIVE JURORS REPORTING TO THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS TO FILL OUT QUESTIONNAIRES. AS V-O-A'S GREG FLAKUS REPORTS FROM OUR WEST COAST BUREAU, THE SURVEY IS DESIGNED TO CALL ATTENTION TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE SUITED FOR JURY SERVICE IN THIS HIGH-PROFILE CASE. TEXT: REPORTERS VIEWING THE PROCESS FROM OUTSIDE SAID THE FORM GIVEN TO THE PROSPECTIVE JURORS APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 15 PAGES IN LENGTH. SUCH SURVEYS ARE OFTEN USED TO HELP ATTORNEYS AND THE JUDGE IDENTIFY PROBLEMS IN ADVANCE OF THE ACTUAL COURTROOM QUESTIONING OF JURORS, WHICH, IN THE UNABOMBER CASE, IS SET FOR NOVEMBER 12. U-S DISTRICT JUDGE GARLAND BURRELL HAS RULED THAT NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES MAY NOT SEE THE QUESTIONNAIRES UNTIL AFTER THE JURY SELECTION PROCESS IS COMPLETE. THE JUDGE IS ALSO KEEPING THE IDENTITY OF JURORS SECRET UNTIL THE TRIAL ITSELF IS FINISHED. THE JURY WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF THEODORE KACZYNSKI, A FORMER MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR WHO PROSECUTORS SAY PLANNED AND CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF MAIL BOMBINGS THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND INJURED 23 OTHERS BETWEEN 1978 AND 1995. (SIGNED). NEB/PT 06-Oct-97 7:46 PM EDT (2346 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America
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