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It took four and a half years to bring Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling to trial, but only a day to pick the jury that would decide whether the two former Enron chief executives lied to investors about the company's finances. In their opening statement, prosecutors told jurors that Mr. Lay and Mr. Skilling ignored warnings from subordinates and hid financial problems at Enron from the public while they were taking home tens of millions of dollars a year. Lawyers for Mr. Lay and Mr. Skilling said their clients planned to testify in their own defense at the trial.