text: Jury selection has begun in Oklahoma for the murder trial of the teenager accused of shooting dead Australian baseball player Chris Lane. If found guilty, 17-year-old Chancey Luna faces a maximum sentence of life in jail without the prospect of release. In a tedious process that could last four days, District Court judge Ken Graham, prosecutors and Luna's legal team have begun questioning a jury pool of 170 Stephens County residents. Scroll down for video . Murdered Australian baseball player Chris Lane and his girlfriend Sarah Harper . Jury selection has begun for the murder trial of teenager Chancey Luna accused of shooting Lane dead . Lane, 22, from Melbourne, was jogging along a street in the rural southern Oklahoma city of Duncan in August, 2013, when he was shot in the back with a .22 calibre handgun. Authorities allege Luna, who was in a Ford Focus with two teenage friends, randomly selected Lane and pulled the trigger as the car drove past. Once the jury is selected, the trial is expected to last between seven and 10 days. Luna, wearing a bright blue business shirt, was quietly watching the jury selection process in Duncan's Stephens County Courthouse on Monday. Lane, who was in Duncan visiting his girlfriend Sarah Harper when he was shot, had a baseball scholarship with Oklahoma's East Central University. Lane's parents, Peter and Donna Lane, are scheduled to be called as witnesses. Lane (left and right), 22, from Melbourne, was shot in the back on August 16, 2013, in what police said was a random killing as he ran along a road in Duncan, southern Oklahoma, where he was on a sporting scholarship . Donna Lane, mother of shot Australian baseball player Chris Lane, holds a framed Christmas card he and his girlfriend Sarah Harper had sent her on an earlier, happy festive season . Chris Lane with Ms Harper during a visit to Australia, when Sarah took the opportunity to cuddle a koala . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
target: Jury selection has begun in Oklahoma for the murder trial of Chancey Luna .
  Luna is accused of shooting dead Australian baseball player Chris Lane .
  Lane, 22, from Melbourne, was jogging along a street in the rural southern Oklahoma city of Duncan in August 2013 when he was shot in the back .