YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Jury selection began today in the death penalty case of Robert Seman.

This comes just one day after Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney issued a ruling that a change of venue in the case was premature.

Potential jurors were questioned one by one to determine if they can be fair and impartial if seated in the triple murder case.

Defense attorneys are concerned that Seman can't get a fair trial in Mahoning County because of all the pre-trial publicity surrounding the case.

The Green Township man is accused of setting the fire that killed 10-year-old Corinne Gump and her grandparents William and Judith Schmidt last year at their home in Youngstown.

Jury selection will resume next Monday and Tuesday, and at that point if a jury has not been seated the judge could reconsider the motion by the defense for a change of venue.