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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; After a month-long jury selection process for the capital murder trial of accused federal corrections officer killer Jessie Con-ui, the jury was seated and sworn in Friday morning. </p><p>Con-ui, who pleaded guilty to murder in a 2002 gang-initiation killing in Arizona, allegedly struck again when he beat and stabbed Nanticoke native Eric J. Williams inside U.S. Penitentiary Canaan in Wayne County in 2013 because he was angry over a cell search, prosecutors say.</p><p>A jury of eight women and four men was seated and sworn in following an extensive selection process that began April 24 and saw hundreds interviewed by attorneys about their views on the causes of crime and their stance on the death penalty. Six alternates were also selected.</p><p>The jury is expected to be shown the prison surveillance video that prosecutors say captured the killing during the trial&#8217;s guilt phase. Prosecutors say the video shows the attack was premeditated, not a sudden lashing out brought on by mistreatment at the prison as defense attorneys argue.</p><p>Should the jury find Con-ui guilty of first-degree murder of a U.S. corrections officer and related offenses, the trial would move to a penalty phase where the same panel will decide whether he deserves to live or die. A sentence of life in prison is imposed if the jury does not unanimously agree on the death penalty.</p><p>Con-ui, 40, was expected to begin serving a life sentence at Canaan following an 11-year sentence for a 2005 drug conviction.</p><p>Williams, 34, is the first federal prison employee to be killed in the line of duty since 2008 and 24th since 1901, state records show.</p><p>Opening statements are scheduled to begin 9:30 a.m. Monday in the federal courthouse.</p><p><em>Times Leader reporter Brigid Edmunds contributed to this story.</em></p><p><ins><a href="https://www.timesleader.com/uncategorized/653463/a-fallen-prison-guard-a-violent-inmate-what-to-know-as-the-con-ui-case-goes-to-trial" target="_blank">Read more about the Con-ui case here</a>.</ins></p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Jury seated in Con-ui capital murder trial