An apparently sweet grandmother turns out to be anything but. A buttoned-up jury consultant uses her professional experience to challenge her colleagues' preconceived notions about the evidence. Despite - or perhaps because of - her delusions of grandeur, she loses control of the deliberations, allowing a juror known as the Housewife to monopolize the discussion. Once inside the deliberation room, the jurors elect as foreperson an insecure, addled file clerk, who gets the job because no one else wants it. An unscrupulous tabloid reporter tries to tamper with the justice system. The bailiff, once a decorated street cop but now a pariah in the sheriff's department, must fend off the sexual advances of an amoral juror. An experienced, fair-minded judge mistakenly tells the jury that David is guilty and fears she's losing her mind. The path to justice is fraught with surprising pitfalls and confusing turns. Now, eight jurors must retire to the deliberation room and decide whether David committed premeditated murder-or whether he was a battered spouse who killed his wife in self-defense. On the day before his twenty-first wedding anniversary, David Sullinger buried an ax in his wife's skull. Told from the perspective of over a dozen participants in a murder trial, We, the Jury examines how public perception can mask the ghastliest nightmares.
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