Opening statements are set to start this week in the civil disobedience case involving the parents of slain Georgia teenager Kendrick Johnson that could land each of them up to a year behind bars.

According to CNN, Jackie and Kenneth Johnson were both charged with inference to government property in April 2013 stemming from a protest they staged on the steps of the Lowndes County Courthouse over a lack of information about the unsolved death of their son.

The body of the 17-year-old Johnson was found wrapped inside a rolled up school mat at Lowndes High School near Valdosta in January 2013. Just four months later, the County Sheriff's office ruled he died of "accidental positional asphyxia" brought on when "he fell headfirst into an upright mat while trying to retrieve a shoe."

A private pathologist hired by the family later disputed that contention, instead ruling Johnson's death was a homicide caused by "unexplained, apparent non-accidental blunt force trauma."

A recently launched federal investigation is still ongoing after the second autopsy also found all Johnson's organs had been removed and his body was stuffed with newspaper.

During Monday's proceedings, WCTV.com reports a jury of five white people and one black person sat to hear the disobedience case against the teens parents.

"You have some that feel like the makeup is not a true reflection of your peers, but hey, we're in Lowndes County," family spokesperson Marcus Coleman said. "It's kind of hard for me to see a city punish a family for seeking justice."

Five other Johnson family members have also been charged in the civil disobedience case.