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Cosby Wants Special Treatment In Jury Selection For Sex Assault Trial, Prosecutors Claim

 

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- Montgomery County prosecutors say comedian Bill Cosby should not be given special treatment in selecting a jury for his looming sex assault trial.

The filing is in response to a defense request for jury selection, which asked for among other things, a questionnaire that would be mailed to as many as 2,000 potential jurors.

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Prosecutors say the questionnaire submitted by the defense "Appears to be aimed at exclusively gathering information to facilitate … peremptory strikes." Also, prosecutors claim those proposed questionnaires are an attempt to learn jurors' opinions or "glean what decisions they might make under a future set of facts developed at trial."

Prosecutors say they do not believe it will be difficult to seat a jury, pointing to the trial of former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, where they were able to pick a jury in less than a day.

The issue will be the subject of a hearing scheduled in Montgomery County for Monday morning.

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