Little Rock - Twelve jurors and two alternates have been seated for the capital murder trial of a man charged in last year's death of KATV's Anne Pressly.

Curtis Vance of Marianna has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges. The judge and lawyers took the better part of three days to seat a panel that will hear the high-profile case.

Circuit Judge Chris Piazza had wanted to begin hearing from lawyers and witnesses this morning, but jury selection hit a snag when a juror picked Tuesday said Wednesday he couldn't vote for the death penalty.

The final two jurors, plus two alternates, were selected late this morning and early this afternoon.

Pressly, 26, was raped and beaten in her Little Rock home late on Oct. 20, 2008, and died five days later.

The trial could take two weeks.

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