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Headline: Harvey Weinstein retrial set to open with majority-female jury
Caption: Opening statements are set for Wednesday New York time in disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial. A majority-female jury will decide the landmark case. Prosecutors and Weinstein's lawyers finished choosing a final juror on Tuesday, after a selection process yielded a seven-woman, five-man and five-alternate jury on Monday. Alternates are there to step in if a member of the main panel can't see the trial through. Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial involves accusations from three women. An aspiring actor who said he raped her in 2013, and two women who made separate allegations in 2006.
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