Normally, the court schedules the retrial as soon as they possibly can, but, yeah, Juror Attrition is going to be a real issue in this case. Again, i couldnt agree more with lisa. Opening statements are not going to be all day. Look for an hour from the prosecution and probably less from the defense. Because all theyre doing today is offering a preview. Youll hear this probably many times. The evidence will show that dot, dot, dot. The evidence will show that dot, dot, dot. Its really just a promise to the jurors of what the facts will show. If youre the defense, you do not want to be making a lot of promises. For example, you will not hear the words, youre going to hear from the defendant himself. Because if you make that promise, nobody is going to forget it. So they will say, i expect, the prosecution will try to focus on what theyve already seated the jury on, which is, youll hear from some people that are not that credible. But theyre not credible because