Jury selection begins in murder trial of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll [Video]

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Jury selection began today in the murder for downtown Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll.

Woll was found stabbed to death outside her Lafayette Park home in October. In December, Detroit Police arrested Michael Bolanos Jackson, accusing the 28-year-old of stabbing Woll to death in a random home invasion.

VIDEO: Man charged in murder of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll

Man charged in murder of Samantha Woll

We spoke to former U.S. attorney Matthew Schneider about selecting a jury, in a case that’s garnered so much local and national media attention.

“Jury selection is one of the least talked about things in a criminal trial and the most important,” Schneider told us.

With all the media attention this story is getting, we asked what kind of challenges that added attention presents in selecting a jury.

“It’s the same type of challenges we’ve seen on a larger scale with the Trump case, people are asking what have you heard about this case?,” Schneider said. …