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Secrets of the jury room and a scooped verdict
A physician used a stethoscope to overhear jury deliberations through a radiator pipe, leaking the murder verdict before newspapers could print. The piece discusses jury secrecy, dynamics, and how biases and pressures influence criminal juries, with examples from New York cases and differing juror types.
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