Jury selection in the ethics trial of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard is scheduled to begin May 16, and Professor Jenny Carroll told AL.com she expects lawyers on both sides to place heavy emphasis on the jury selection process.
Carroll, a public defender for 12 years in Washington, D.C., and in Seattle, said prosecutors have to be concerned about trying Hubbard in his home county, which he has represented in the Legislature since 1998 and where he won reelection even after his indictment.
“It’s his home jurisdiction and these are the folks who elected him and supported him,” Carroll said. “So whenever you have a case like that there is always a risk that there is going to be a hometown bias that you have to contend with.”
For more, read: “Bentley, Riley, Marsh Could Take Stand in Hubbard Trial” and “Jury Selection Set for Monday in House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s Ethics Trial.”