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Jurors testify about claims of racism

Christopher McCowen was led from Barnstable Superior Courthouse yesterday after a hearing on whether there was racial bias on the part of some jurors during his 2006 murder trial. Christopher McCowen was led from Barnstable Superior Courthouse yesterday after a hearing on whether there was racial bias on the part of some jurors during his 2006 murder trial. (Jennifer Longley for The Boston Globe)
By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / January 11, 2008

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BARNSTABLE - Jurors who convicted a black trash collector in 2006 of raping and murdering a white fashion writer on Cape Cod hurled allegations yesterday of racism and inappropriate behavior in an extraordinary court hearing held to determine whether bias tainted the verdict. (Full article: 1245 words)

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