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A Trial By Jury The book A Trial by Jury written by D. Graham Burnett gives an intimate look into the jury while painting a vivid picture of what really goes on while a person is serving on jury duty. In the book there are two stories: “one is the case itself- a trial story, a courtroom story, a drama focused on a violent death; and that of the deliberations- the story of what happened behind the closed door of the jury room. (13)” In this book there are twelve different characters that have to serve on jury duty. Dean, Felipe, Leah, Olivelle, Rachel, Patricia, James, Jessica, Suzy, Paige, Adelle, as well as the narrator. Dean was a six foot three inch former bull riding cowboy. Felipe Rodriguez seemed to be shy and sweet and giggled often. Leah Tennent was a self-possessed and buoyantly bohemian young woman. Olivelle “Vel” Tover was a youthful clear-eyed black woman. Rachel Patis was a solid quiet West Indian woman who volunteered at her local police precinct. Patricia “Pat” Malley was a dyed blonde tough girl who spoke loudly and much. In the group of twelve there was two professional historians (Adelle and Burnett), two ad-copy writers (Jessica and jury, book, two, burnett, about, twelve, story, room, different, woman, trial, think, rachel, people, much, leah, graham, felipe, eyes, duty, dean, beginning, while, way, very, vel, unfold, suzy, space, shows, patricia, pat, part, paige, opens