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It took four days to seat 12 jurors and six alternates to serve on the historic first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. But if New York Judge Juan Merchan decides it necessary to sequester them to protect them and also limit the exposure to the rabid interest on the hush money case — it could be a very involved process. “The logistics of sequestering a jury… are really daunting and the expense is high and jurors don’t like it, necessarily,” retired federal judge John Jones III said during a panel discussion on CNN. “I agree that defense attorneys typically don’t like it either.” Not…

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