Houston, we need a jury

It’s going to be a chore picking a jury for the trial of Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. From Slate’s Today’s Papers:

The NYT takes the most reader-friendly approach and describes how difficult it will be to find Houston jurors who don't have an opinion—especially a bad one—about Enron. A jury consultant for the defense pointed out that of "among 280 questionnaires, 'greed' appeared 272 times and 'crook' appeared 55 times." Only 18 respondents didn't have anything negative to say about Enron.

Whew - (pulling on tie) - rough crowd!