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Jury Pool: Court Clerks and Brandon Phillips

jury pool: For the last two days, Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court on Duckworth Street in St, according to CBC. John's has been a beehive of activity. But the stakes are much higher. Sheriff's officers, lawyers, court clerks and other justice workers moving swiftly to whittle 215 potential jurors down to 12 impartial and capable of fairly deciding whether 29-year-old Brandon Phillips is guilty or not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Larry Wellman. There are 75 people left in the prospective jury pool. By the end of Tuesday, nine jurors five women and four men were selected using a process called challenge for cause. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.