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Hung Jury: The Diary of a Menendez Juror
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Publisher's Summary
More than two decades after serving as a juror on the high-profile seven-month murder trial, People v. Erik Galen Menendez, Hazel Thornton updates her book, Hung Jury, with a new preface and a postscript essay of observations about the Menendez brothers’ second trial. Includes psychological commentary by Lawrence S. Wrightsman and Amy J. Posey and legal commentary by Alan Scheflin.
Don't miss NBC's Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders about Erik and Lyle Menendez.
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Excellent Insight
Having heard Hazel on the podcast Getting Off I had to download her book. It was fantastic, honest insight into what sitting on a jury through such a trial is like. Highly recommend to anyone!