国际英语资讯:Jury selection completed for Chinese scholar slaying trial
<p><span word="CHICAGO">CHICAGO</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 11-- <span word="Twelve">Twelve</span> <span word="jurors">jurors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="alternates">alternates</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="selected">selected</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pool">pool</span> <span word="of">of</span> 70 <span word="pre">pre</span>-<span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="jurors">jurors</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trial">trial</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Brendt">Brendt</span> <span word="Christensen">Christensen</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="kidnapper">kidnapper</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="killer">killer</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="visiting">visiting</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="scholar">scholar</span> <span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="Yingying">Yingying</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="selection">selection</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="courthouse">courthouse</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Peoria">Peoria</span>, <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Illinois">Illinois</span>. <span word="Seven">Seven</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="picked">picked</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="jurors">jurors</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Christensen">Christensen</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="trial">trial</span>.</p><p><span word="Four">Four</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="selected">selected</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="alternate">alternate</span> <span word="jurors">jurors</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="sit">sit</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="trial">trial</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fill">fill</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="juror">juror</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prosecutors">prosecutors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="defense">defense</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="statements">statements</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trial">trial</span>.</p><p><span word="If">If</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="jury">jury</span> <span word="unanimously">unanimously</span> <span word="holds">holds</span> <span word="Christensen">Christensen</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="guilty">guilty</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="penalties">penalties</span>: <span word="life">life</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="death">death</span>. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Federal">Federal</span> <span word="law">law</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="jury">jury</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="decide">decide</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="penalty">penalty</span> <span word="applies">applies</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhang">Zhang</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 26-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="visiting">visiting</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="scholar">scholar</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Illinois">Illinois</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Urbana">Urbana</span>-<span word="Champaign">Champaign</span> (<span word="UIUC">UIUC</span>), <span word="went">went</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="June">June</span> 9, 2017, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="Saturn">Saturn</span> <span word="Astra">Astra</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="blocks">blocks</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="complex">complex</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lease">lease</span>.</p><p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="arrested">arrested</span> <span word="Christensen">Christensen</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="June">June</span> 30, 2017 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kidnapping">kidnapping</span>, <span word="torturing">torturing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="killing">killing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Zhang">Zhang</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="pleaded">pleaded</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="guilty">guilty</span>.</p>
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