THE JURYMAN'S TALE

Softcover. Reprint. Foreword by Lord Alexander of Weedon QC. Every year a quarter of a million people are selected at random from the electoral register for jury service. They are given no training and are forbidden to discuss their verdicts after the trial. This book is the first for many years to shed light on the experience. The author, a former newspaper editor, served as a juror on a major trial at the Old Bailey. It concerned the kidnap of a Greek shipping magnate in London for a $3,000,000 ransom. The case lasted for 4 months - long enough for the author to form strong impressions about his fellow-jurors, about the strange and sometimes daunting procedures of an English court of law, and about the jury system itself. Casting a wry eye on what went on, Grove not only tells the story of an extraordinary trial held in the world's most famous courthouse, but he also mounts a passionate defence of the jury system, at a time when it is being questioned and derided in many quarters. With Index. 276pp. trade size softcover. With minimal signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.