Kilfoyle - a father of five and former labourer, teacher and youth worker - first came to prominence when he took on Militant as Labour's north west regional organiser.
They range in age from early 20s to 70s and include a Wal-Mart worker, a high school teacher, a retired school bus driver and a student in his junior year at Penn State who has ties to the football team and knows some witnesses in the case.