Benjamin LaGuer (May 1, 1963 – November 4, 2020) was an American convicted criminal serving a life sentence in Massachusetts for rape. He did not acknowledge the crime for which he was convicted, claiming innocence. His case achieved prominence in the late 1980s when reporting by John King discovered a juror who said that other members of the all-white-male jury uttered racist slurs before and during deliberations. His case became a flashpoint in the 2006 race for Massachusetts Governor when it was revealed that Deval Patrick, the Democratic candidate, had corresponded with and supported the inmate over a period of several years. He died in a Massachusetts prison hospital of liver disease aged 57.