Jury selection in the retrial of former University of Mississippi student Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. is scheduled to begin Dec. 1 in Madison County. Once the jury is selected and jurors are transported to Oxford, the trial will take place in Lafayette County Circuit Court. Herrington is charged with capital murder in the death of former UM student Jimmie “Jay” Lee.
Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Luther Kelly granted a request for a change of venue for jury selection in June after Herrington’s attorneys cited extensive news coverage and social media activity as reasons an impartial jury could not be seated in Lafayette County.
A mistrial was declared in Herrington’s first trial on the charges in December 2024 due to a jury deadlock. The retrial, originally scheduled for Oct. 13, was postponed on Sept. 9 after Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Kelly Luther filed an order to reschedule to the December date…