Race An Issue in R. Kelly Trial - A Top Story This Week

05/17/2008
. Race An Issue in R. Kelly Trial was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (AP) Jury selection was completed at R. Kelly's child pornography trial Thursday amid contentious exchanges between prosecutors and defense attorneys, who accused each other of trying to stack the panel along racial lines.

Of the 12 jurors who will open the case, eight are white and four are black. The four alternates include two blacks, one Hispanic and one white.

Defense attorneys objected several times as prosecutors used challenges to have several blacks dismissed from the jury pool. - more on this story

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