Mostly white jury will hear prison beating case

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A Baltimore Circuit Court jury composed primarily of white citizens will hear the case against three former correction officers charged with the beating death of Raymond Smoot, 52, at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center in 2005.

Attorneys on Tuesday selected eight white citizens, two Asian citizens, and two black citizens, both women, to hear the charges against Dameon Woods, Nathan Colbert and James Hatcher, who face counts of second-degree murder, assault and conspiracy in Smoot?s death.

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