Cosby trial: defense accuses prosecutors of excluding black people from jury

Only one black person among first 11 jurors chosen for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial is ‘a systematic exclusion of African Americans’, says lawyer

With just one black person seated among the first 11 jurors chosen for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial, defense lawyers are crying foul and accusing prosecutors of trying to systematically keep blacks off the jury.

The lawyers return to court on Wednesday in Pittsburgh to pick a 12th juror and six alternates.

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