India caste system outlawed but bias lingers even in Chicago

Posted on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 at 1:20 am.

8 March 2008: Chicago, Prosecutors say ancient Indian social classifications could be linked to the deaths of a Chicago-area family:

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