After three days of personalized and thorough questioning, a jury has been seated to determine the fate of two people charged with the murder of Dan Markel.

The 12 person panel – 10 women and 2 men – will hear opening statements Thursday by Assistant State Attorney Georgia Cappleman and the attorneys for accused murderers Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua.

Jurors, including two alternates, will endure four weeks of testimony and evidence presented by Cappleman in which she hopes to convince them the suspects were hired in a conspiracy to kill Markel in July 2014.

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Attorneys waded through dozens of jurors on Wednesday, asking questions about their ability to evaluate evidence despite connections to law enforcement, arrest histories or thoughts on the death penalty.

Magbanua’s attorneys homed in on the state’s burden of proof and the selective nature they were allowed to present evidence.

“Just because they argue that it fits, does not mean they have fulfilled their burden. A conviction on that is a wrongful conviction,” said Chris DeCoste. “The government doesn’t have to give you everything. They only have to prove their elements. They get to select exactly what they want to present to the jury.”

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Investigators say Garcia was hired by the family of Markel’s ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, to drive from Miami to Tallahassee to kill Markel.

Magbanua, 34, is the accused conduit between the family and the alleged killers, 37-year-old Garcia and his childhood friend Luis Rivera. Investigators say the motive “stemmed from the desperate desire of the Adelson family” that Wendi and the couple's two young sons be allowed to move to South Florida.

Magbanua’s attorney DeCoste and Tara Kawass say the state has done little to connect her to Markel’s murder.

"I'm happy to prove my client's innocence tomorrow," Kawass said.

Both Garcia and Magbanua contend they are innocent and had no involvement in the murder. Garcia faces the death penalty and Magbanua faces life in prison.

Garcia’s attorney Saam Zangeneh said last week he was looking forward to presenting an alternate theory of the murder that differs from the one the state has developed.

His questioning of jurors focused on pre-trial publicity and whether any had heard anything but the state’s idea of what happened.

“From the inception there’s been a story that the government’s had. The prosecution’s had this storybook position that incorporates my client and Ms. Magbanua,” he said Friday. “They’ve been soliciting it from the inception. It’s going to be an opportunity for us to really show a second side. A different side that no one has seen before.”

With the trial set to begin five years after their son's murder, Markel's parents, Phil and Ruth Markel, said they are grateful for the outpouring of support in their lengthy search for justice.

"As the long-awaited trial of two of Dan's alleged killers begins, the Markels appreciate the love and support they have received from the Tallahassee community and across the world," they said in a statement from their attorney Orin Snyder. "They continue to be grateful for the efforts of law enforcement and are hopeful that, in the end, all those responsible for Dan's murder will be brought to justice."

Court livestream starts Thursday

From opening to closing arguments to the verdict, the Tallahassee Democrat will provide gavel to gavel coverage of the murder trial of Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua. Each day the Tallahassee Democrat will livestream the trial at Tallahassee.com and on the Tallahassee Democrat's Facebook page. The trial begins at 8:45 a.m.

Contact Karl Etters at ketters@tallahassee.com or @KarlEtters on Twitter.