Hung Jury : The Diary of a Menendez Juror by Hazel Thornton (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherTemple University Press

ISBN-101566393949

ISBN-139781566393942

eBay Product ID (ePID)928851

Product Key Features

Number of Pages200 Pages

Publication NameHung Jury : the Diary of a Menendez Juror

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Criminals & Outlaws, Legal History

Publication Year1995

TypeTextbook

AuthorHazel Thornton

Subject AreaLaw, Biography & Autobiography

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8.5 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN95-024931

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"...candid entries provide readers with an insider's perspective of a controversial trial and show how the defense attorneys used a 'blame the victim' strategy..." -Booklist"A highly valuable resource for litigators, and a good read for the expanding army of trial buffs." -Kirkus Reviews"...a gripping, no holds barred account by a courageous woman who served as a juror in the nation's most notorious parricide. Every lawyer, law student, jurist, and citizen concerned with the role of juries in a democracy will be spellbound by Thornton's contemporaneous account of jurors' responses to testimony, as well as her assessment of attorney performance. She offers the shocking reasons behind the polarization of jurors and exposes male jurors' efforts to ridicule, control, and undermine female jurors. Bringing to life the intense and highly charged confrontations between jurors over their inability to set aside their prejudices and follow the law, she reveals the painful dynamics that led to a hung jury." -Scharlette Holdman, Defense Consultant"...a fascinating and revealing account of American justice in action, and the psychological and legal commentaries that follow the diary are insightful and valuable." -Monroe H. Freeman, Hofstra University Law School"In one of the nation's most closely watched cases Hazel Thornton's journal takes us where even the cameras cannot go-inside the jury room and inside one juror's thought process. We see the evidence through her eyes and view the deliberations from where she sits. Hung Jury reminds us that prejudice can influence jury verdicts. At the same time it drives home an abiding reality and strength of the jury system-that people of conscience frequently disagree about the evidence, especially when it is ambiguous. Rather than evidence of a failure, Hung Jury is an indication that the system is working." -Lois Heaney, Trial Consultant, National Jury Project/West

Dewey Decimal364.1/523/0979493

Table Of ContentForeword - Hazel ThorntonThe Diary of a Menendez Juror -People v. Erik Galen Menendez: A Summary of the CaseChronology of EventsTrial ParticipantsPeople v. Erik Galen Menendez: The Diary of Juror 91. Jury Selection, June 28-July 19, 19932. Opening Statements, July 20, 19933. The Prosecution's Case, July 20-August 16, 19934. The Defense's Case, August 16-November 18, 19935. Rebuttal Phase, November 19-December 3, 19936. Closing Arguments, December 6-15, 19937. Deliberations, December 15, 1993-January 13, 19948. Post-Trial, January 13-16, 1994CommentariesPsychological Commentary on the Diary - Lawrence S. Wrightsman and Amy J. PoseyLegal Commentary on the Diary - Alan W. ScheflinAbout the Author and CommentatorsIndex

SynopsisOn June 28, 1993 Hazel Thornton showed up for jury selection. She spend the next seven months as a juror on a high-profile murder trial: The People versus Erik Menendez. Erik and his brother Lyle were on trial for shot-gunning their parents to death in their Beverly Hills home. In this book, she describes the day-to-day experiences of a juror.

LC Classification NumberKF224.M39T48 1995