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FILE - The Supreme Court in this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo. The Supreme Court is weighing whether to hear a case involving claims of racial bias by a Colorado juror that features competing tenets of the legal system: the right to trial by an impartial jury versus the secrecy of jury deliberations. The court could say Monday whether it will take up the case in the fall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Court seems favorable to defendant claiming jury race bias

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FILE - The Supreme Court in this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo. The Supreme Court is weighing whether to hear a case involving claims of racial bias by a Colorado juror that features competing tenets of the legal system: the right to trial by an impartial jury versus the secrecy of jury deliberations. The court could say Monday whether it will take up the case in the fall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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