At this hour, jury selection for General Sessions trial

The court of General Sessions at Walhalla is selecting a jury to hear the state’s evidence in a case alleging violation of sex laws involving a child of minor age.  The case is titled, South Carolina v. Scott Norman Christner.  As he qualified the pool of jurors, Judge Maddox asked questions of prospective jurors whether they had ever reported a sex abuse case to authorities and whether they–or family members–had ever been the victims of sex abuse.  The trial docket contains against the defendant charges of sexual exploitation of a minor or attempt  or criminal sexual conduct with minor of attempt.