Bill McGuire

Bill McGuire served as defense trial counsel during jury selection. He examined prospective jurors on Days 3, 4, and 5, introducing himself as one of the lawyers in the case and asking about prospective jury service, news coverage, and views concerning the death penalty and life without parole.

McGuire's questioning also addressed whether prospective jurors could hold to their own moral judgment while respecting the judgments of others. During the discussion of that line of questioning, the court said the approach was appropriate but directed counsel away from a related formulation it considered problematic.

The jury-selection exchanges place McGuire's recorded work in the defense's effort to explore prospective jurors' views about sentencing and their ability to deliberate with people who held different moral judgments.