Jurors Selected for Elizabeth Holmes’s Criminal Fraud Trial (2)

A jury of seven men and five women was sworn in Thursday for the criminal fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes over charges that the Theranos Inc. founder defrauded investors and patients.

The panel was chosen from a pool of about 100 people after they completed a 28-page written questionnaire and many were questioned further in court by the judge and lawyers. The jury includes at least one woman who disclosed personal experience of abuse, a subject that may prove central to deciding the entrepreneur’s guilt or innocence.

Holmes, 37, faces a dozen fraud and conspiracy counts that could send her ...