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Attorneys: Juror tried to 'friend' witness on Facebook

A juror's attempt to strike up a Facebook relationship with a witness has put convictions at risk in the Black Sunday case of two firefighters who died trying to escape a Bronx inferno.

Defense attorneys, who want the verdicts set aside, say the juror sent the witness a computer message during the trial asking him to keep in contact via the Internet. The juror, whom attorneys would not name,...

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