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...foreperson was Brenda, a born-again Christian street preacher with whom I’d gotten friendly chatting about Harriet Beecher Stowe. Once deliberations started, she alone said she thought Ariane??s testimony was fabricated. I felt betrayed; how could she? I noticed a note she had written to herself: “I was the only [juror in the pool] who confessed faith in Christ.” I almost went crazy. This woman, with her unshakable faith, was going to hang the jury...
...last count, which we turned to at the end of the day, was endangering the welfare of a child—Ariane??s little sister, who’d witnessed the robbery. By this point we were grumpy and uncomfortable. We didn’t understand the wording of the law. It was a tacked-on charge, guaranteed not to affect the sentence. But no one wanted to back down. Arguments reached a fever pitch, and suddenly came a sharp rap on the door: Time to break for the day. The jury groaned, unanimously...
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