COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — A murder trial looms for a former Franklin County sheriff’s deputy charged with the 2020 death of a 23-year-old Black man.
Jury selection begins Monday for the trial of Jason Meade, who took disability retirement from the sheriff’s office in 2021. It took a year after the death of Casey Goodson Jr. for prosecutors to charge Meade with murder. It took another two years for the court to finally set a date for the trial.
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A timeline of events leading up to Jason Meade’s murder trial is below. Click the links inside to view previous coverage of the case in chronological order.
The jury selection process began on Thursday, with prospective jurors answering a questionnaire with multiple items asking about their viewpoints as well as their knowledge of Goodson and Meade.
On the questionnaire, there are specific questions about their views on Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter. They also ask about how much information they know about the case – both local news coverage and social media talk.