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Book Description
He has waited for this moment.
He has planned his every move.
He has made it onto the jury in the most explosive trial of the century.
Now the verdict belongs to him. . . .
They are at the center of a multimillion dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and womContinue
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Andrew Wong said on May 22, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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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)
Patricia said on Aug 24, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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jelabino said on Aug 10, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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Holmes said on Jun 24, 2010 | Add your feedback
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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)Ciski72 said on Jan 17, 2010 | Add your feedback
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MONKI said on Sep 28, 2008 | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Mass Market Paperback 560 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 0440221471
- ISBN-13: 9780440221470
- Publisher: Dell
- Pub date: Jan 27, 1997
- Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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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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