Anatomy of a jury ebook

Cronheim,Meredith V. Lugo,Jaye L. Rancourt,Catherine J. Ruffle,Richard E. Samdperil,Jennifer L. Sandoval,William J. Schultz,Thomas P. Weld,Michael J. Zaino,New Hampshire Bar Association. Author : Stephen E. In autumn , in the affluent New Jersey community of Glen Ridge, a woman is found brutally murdered in her home. Louis Dispatch. Those who have had jury experience will recognize the accuracy of Wishman's views, especially regarding the "halo effect'' on jurors that attends their realization of powerful responsibility.

Basing his book on the findings of the University of Chicago Jury Project of the ssurprisingly valid still, at least as presented hereand other studies, as well as on his own observations as a trial attorney, the author stages a mock murder case, from commission of a crime through trial verdict. An acclaimed trial attorney presents a mock murder case to explore the jury system in this "compelling.

Creating a composite legal case based on real-life criminal investigations and trials, Seymour Wishman's Anatomy of a Jury carries us from crime scene to courthouse to jury room, providing a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look into the nation's criminal justice system. In autumn , in the affluent New Jersey community of Glen Ridge, a woman is found brutally murdered in her home.

The victim's distraught husband points police to a likely perpetrator: an African American handyman with a criminal record. A search of the suspect's home reveals nothing, but still the man is indicted for the crime.

His ultimate fate is to be determined by "a jury of his peers"—twelve strangers with no special legal skills or training and a fervent desire to do what is right. As dramatic and riveting as it is educational, Wishman's staging and analysis of a criminal trial is a "rousing endorsement of the jury and a superb description of how the system really operates" St.

Louis Dispatch.