Fujita Trial Resumes Tuesday with Full Day of Testimony Expected

Wayland Patch 2/19/13: Fujita Trial Resumes Tuesday with Full Day of Testimony Expected. Testimony is expected to resume today in the first-degree murder trial of Nathaniel Fujita, the Wayland man accused of murdering 18-year-old Lauren Astley in 2011. The trial began Feb. 11 with two days of jury selection, during which Judge Peter Lauriat and attorneys for both sides interviewed about 140 individuals before settling on a panel of 16 jurors, 10 men and six women. Only 12 jurors will decide the final verdict, though all 16 will hear the case. Four will be named alternate jurors before deliberation begins.

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