FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Jury selection got underway in the trial of former Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper.
7News cameras captured Cooper in a Fort Lauderdale courtroom as the process unfolded, Monday morning.
Cooper was arrested last year on corruption charges after allegedly accepting a $5,000 campaign contribution from FBI agents posing as real estate developers.
She served as mayor of the city for 13 years.
If convicted, she could face several years behind bars.
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