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Jury selection begins in R. Kelly's child pornography trial
May 10 2008, AP

On the first day of his child pornography trial in Chicago, a suit-clad R. Kelly faced nearly 150 Cook County residents, bowed his head slightly, smiled and said, “Hello.”It probably behooved the R&B superstar to make as good a first impression as...

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