Opening statements are expected in the trial of 3 ex-Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death
CBSN
Opening statements were expected Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers are slated to address a jury for the first time in the death of Nichols, which was caught on police cameras and intensified calls for police reform in the U.S. Prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed Tuesday on the 12 jurors and four alternates chosen from a pool of 200 candidates. The jury will be comprised of eight women and eight men, according to CBS affiliate WREG, which reported four women are White and four women are Black, two men are Black, two men are Asian and four men are White.
The trial is expected to last three to four weeks.
