McAlester, Okla. ? The eighth day of jury selection in Terry Nichols’ state murder trial began Wednesday amid revelations that some prospective jurors said they would lie to be selected to possibly convict and sentence the bombing conspirator.

Judge Steven Taylor said a new line of questioning would be developed to address allegations by one prospective juror that others were willing to lie to get on the jury. “I’m going to deal with this,” Taylor said Tuesday.

The issue was revealed as the prospective juror said she overheard other possible panelists say they would say anything to get on the jury. The woman was retained on the panel.

“I’ll do whatever it takes to get up there,” she paraphrased one of them as saying. “I’m going to say what I can to get on the jury. My decision is already made.”

She said she overheard three or four jurors make similar comments when more than 350 people summoned for jury duty in the case met for orientation Feb. 23. None of the people she overheard make the statements is among the 37 prospective jurors still being considered for Nichols’ jury, she said.

Taylor said that if there were evidence jurors had ulterior motives to be on Nichols’ jury, “they will be gone in a second. But I cannot presume or guess that.”