A Trial by Jury
by D Graham Burnett (9780747554745)

'I served as the foreman of a jury charged to decide whether Monte Milcray was guilty of murdering Randolph Cuffee. During that period, twelve individuals of considerable diversity engaged in a total of twenty-three hours of sustained conversation in a small, bare room. We ran the gamut of group dynamics: a clutch of strangers yelled, cursed, rolled on the floor, vomited, whispered, embraced, sobbed and invoked both God and necromancy...'

Jury duty eventually happens to everyone. It recently happened to Graham Burnett—a young historian and literary journalist. A Trial By Jury is his riveting account of how performing this familiar civic duty turned into one of the most harrowing experiences of his life. Part true crime, part political treatise, part contemplation of right, wrong, and the power of words, it is an extraordinary look at the jury process.

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