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01/10/2005:

"Jury Selection Begins for Ex-Drug Agent"

A pool of 101 prospective jurors began answering lawyers' questions Monday in the perjury trial of a former police officer whose discredited Tulia drug busts put dozens of people in prison.

Tom Coleman could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each of three felony charges of aggravated perjury. The trial centers on whether Coleman lied about his own arrest record during evidentiary hearings for some of the defendants in 2003.

Full Article : guardian.co.uk