This post is from Joel Ebert, who is covering the Don Blankenship trial with Ken Ward Jr.

Some new information about yesterday’s jury selection.

According to a document filed yesterday and entered today, 88 jurors were present during yesterday’s selection process.

A total of 42 potential jurors were dismissed yesterday. In total, the day’s proceedings took 5 hours and 13 minutes.

Prior to the jury selection process, the court addressed “preliminary matters” before the jury was brought in.