Jerry Sandusky jury selection under way in trial of former Penn State University assistant football coach

The goal is to pick 12 jurors and four alternates from a pool of 600 Centre County residents.

Jury selection has begun in the child sexual abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky, the Associated Press reports.

Sandusky, 68, a former assistant football coach at Penn State University who was charged with sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years, arrived about 8 this morning at the courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., according to the AP.

Twelve jurors and four alternates will be chosen from a pool of Centre County residents.

The selection will be done in three phases: a welcome from the judge, questioning in groups of about 40, and individual meetings with the judge and attorneys, the  Patriot-News of Harrisburg is reporting this morning. The jury pool has been narrowed from 600 to about 220 via a jury questionnaire, the newspaper reports.

The Patriot-News provides this from AP: "Potential jurors began slowly filing into the front door of the courthouse around 8 a.m., some standing in a steady drizzle as they wait to get through security. One man wore a gray Penn State sweat shirt." Keep up with live updates.

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