OJ to face all-white jury after objections to black women

AN ALL-WHITE jury will judge OJ Simpson and a co-defendant on kidnapping and robbery charges after defence lawyers lost a contentious courtroom battle to include two African-American women on the panel.

District Attorney David Roger gave the judge what he called “race neutral” reasons for removing the two with his peremptory challenges, and defended the final makeup of the jury, saying that two of six alternate jurors are black.

Both of the women who were removed had strong religious views, and the prosecutor said he thought one of them would be inclined to “forgive” Simpson while the other said she was hesitant to send anyone to prison.