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By Christopher Caldwell 9/24/01 12:00am

Weighing ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jury Sees Ugly Side of Justice

A Trial by Jury , by D. Graham Burnett. Alfred A. Knopf, 183 pages, $21.

“Just go in,” a friend once advised when I got called for jury duty, “and say, ‘I cannot be rational.’ Say, ‘I hate criminals, and if they’re arrested they’re guilty as far as I’m concerned.’ And they’ll let you go.” Read More

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