In a pretrial hearing last week, Magnuson said he would handle the questioning, or voir dire, of potential jurors — a different approach than Chauvin’s trial, when the prosecution and defense individually questioned jurors. In that case, it took two weeks to pick a jury. In this case, Magnuson said he hopes to pick 12 jurors and six alternates in two days, with the goal of beginning opening statements on Jan. 24.
