Attorneys select jurors in James Worley's murder trial | Jury selection day 04
Channel: WTOL11
Date: 2020-08-31

This story aired on March 8, 2018. There is a little bit of concern at this point. Last year, well over 300 Fulton County residents were summoned for this case. Dozens were excused and now we are left with a very small pool of potential jurors. Just over 50 potential jurors remain.
Sierah Joughin went missing back in July of 2016. Since then, stories, rumors and reports have filled social media feeds, newspapers and TV newscasts. Besides that information, many in this small community knew Sierah and her family and that has forced attorneys to be very selective in who they seat on this jury.
"If you were sitting two seats over from me, facing capital charges, would you want someone on the jury whose friend, girlfriend, was the victim's best friend," Merle Dech, Worley's attorney said. 
Attorneys want to seat a fair and impartial jury and need to make sure jurors will not use the information they heard in the past to consider Worley's guilt or innocents.
"You said you heard (...) ready mix took concrete to his house to bury the evidence. You heard that, right? Yes? I mean, it was a rumor going around, so we want to seat an impartial jury there are no wrong or right answers," Dech said.
Before jurors were questioned today, James Worley asked to address the judge.
"I need to be conscious awake on the ball and myself not like this," Worley said.
Worley explained long days at the courthouse are getting him back to CCNO very late at night and staff is waking him at 3 a.m. to take his medication.  Worley says he is concerned he will not be sharp at his trial every day if this continues.
The judge did tell Worley he will call the facility and try to get Worley's medication brought to the courthouse daily so that he can get on a more consistent schedule with his medications, allowing him to get more sleep at night.
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