Jury Picked, Openings Wednesday in Red Light Cameras Trial

via Chicago Tribune

“Attorneys are scheduled to deliver their opening salvos Wednesday morning after a federal jury was impaneled in the trial of a former city manager accused of taking up to $2 million in bribes to pepper the city with red light cameras.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall took two full days to question more than 60 potential jurors, most of whom had been ticketed at least once for a red-light camera violation.

Those with strong opinions about the program were questioned by attorneys and Kendall outside the earshot of other potential jurors.”