jury

Contains twenty-seven essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to the legal system in the United States, including if it is in jeopardy, if it is effective or fair, and the role of the media; and provides discussion questions, contact information for organizations, and bibliographies.

Photographs and text describe for young readers what it is like to serve on a jury.

In 1970s Clanton, Mississippi, college dropout Willie Traynor turns a failed small-town paper into a success covering a local rape and murder case and finds his life coming full circle when, nine years after receiving a life sentence for that crime, Danny Padgitt, son of Clanton's most brutally powerful family, is paroled and jury members start turning up dead.

Studies the historical origins of provisions of the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees certain rights of trial to persons accused of crimes.

Photographs and text describe for young readers what it is like to serve on a jury.