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Jury selection in the O.J. Simpson robbery and kidnapping case was briefly halted Thursday by Judge Jackie Glass after defense attorneys claimed prosecutors dismissed an African-American woman because of her race.

Glass eventually restarted the process and denied the challenge, saying prosecutors had demonstrated a "race-neutral" reason for the woman's dismissal.

Simpson's attorneys had made a so-called Batson challenge, the name of which stems from a U.S. Supreme Court case prohibiting dismissal of potential jurors on the basis of race. Read full article »

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