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The Runaway Jury

(Penguin Readers, Level 6)

By John Grisham

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| Paperback | 9780582434059

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Book Description

Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him.

In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's Continue

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This is my second book by John Grisham and this is certainly better than the other book i read "the appeal". This book serves as a nice introduction of the jury system in US and more importantly, how the system can be abused by the plaintiff side, defence side and even among the jurors. Research, st ... (continue)

This is my second book by John Grisham and this is certainly better than the other book i read "the appeal". This book serves as a nice introduction of the jury system in US and more importantly, how the system can be abused by the plaintiff side, defence side and even among the jurors. Research, stalking, playing tricks, buying verdicts... the possibilities are limitless.
Jurors are easy to manipulate yet their power in a trial is incredibly important. It really strikes me when the jury awarded an absurd number of damages to the plaintiff. They are talking about millions as if thousands. They arrive to the sum of figures without scientific calculation.
Both this book and "the appeal" is about Grisham's criticism of US legal system. It is interesting to note that "the appeal" may be the continuation of "the runaway jury". Even the plaintiff win in first trial, can they really beat corporate giants in the appeals.
Despite the overwhelming problems, there is no obvious alternative to jury system and this is the even sadder truth.

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Andrew Wong said on May 22, 2011 | Add your feedback

This was a forced read in my secondary 4 English class.
The world of courts and lawyers really bores me and I can hardly understand what is fascinating about it. I like the fighting of the main characters against the cigarette company though. I thought it was noble. The end was good too.
I guess ... (continue)

This was a forced read in my secondary 4 English class.
The world of courts and lawyers really bores me and I can hardly understand what is fascinating about it. I like the fighting of the main characters against the cigarette company though. I thought it was noble. The end was good too.
I guess it was a good book for a courtroom kind-of-suspense drama but the subject doesn't interest me anyway.

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Patricia said on Aug 24, 2010 | Add your feedback

Another can't miss Grisham. A movie was made out of this one.

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jelabino said on Aug 10, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

Kept waiting for a twist at the end but there's none. Still a page turner nonetheless!

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Holmes said on Jun 24, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Only John Grisham is able to describe the process of choosing a jury better than a law handbook.
Even thogh the action is almost completely broght about in a courtroom, it keeps the reader's interest alwasy high and alert.
It's Goliath battle of a grieving family (agin one good reason to stop smo ... (continue)

Only John Grisham is able to describe the process of choosing a jury better than a law handbook.
Even thogh the action is almost completely broght about in a courtroom, it keeps the reader's interest alwasy high and alert.
It's Goliath battle of a grieving family (agin one good reason to stop smoking)against the interest of a giant corporation

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Ciski72 said on Jan 17, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Interesting, mostly, but very, very slow. All the same, a reasonable read, even if it does drag on.

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Dan said on Jun 30, 2008 | Add your feedback