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Supreme Court weighs racial discrimination in jury selection

Timothy Foster was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for murdering an elderly woman during a burglary in 1986. But did prosecutors discriminate against African-Americans in jury selection? Special correspondent Tim O’Brien offers background on the case going to the Supreme Court, and Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the arguments.