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1、ExtraPassage1Imagineaclassroomwheretheinstructorsspeakaforeignlanguageandthestudentscan’ttakenotes,turntoatextbook,oraskanyquestions.Yetattheendofthefinalexam,oneparticipationmayfacelifeinjailorevendeath.That’sthetaskhandedtoAmericanjuniors,brieflythrowntog
2、ethertodecideaccusedcriminals’fate.In“ATrialbyJury”，PrincetonhistoryprofessorD.GrahamBurnettoffersarareglimpseinsidejurydeliberationsataNewYorkmurdertrialwhereheservedasforemanlastyear.Accordingtotheprosecutor,thecaseseemsclear-cut;asexualencounterbetweentw
3、omenwentawry.Thedefendantstabbedhisvictim26times,butclaimsheactedinself-defense,killingamanwhowasattemptingtorapehim.Burnettopenswithagraphicdescriptionofthecrime.Hethenintroducesthecharactersandwalksreadersthroughthe10-daytrial.Youhearthetestimonyofwitness
4、esdressedindragandfindyourselfputoffbyagrowlingprosecutorandthejudge’sindifference.Mostofthedrama,though,comesduringfourdaysandthreenightsofdeliberations.Onceretreatedinthejuryroom,confusionreigns.Mostjurorsdon’tunderstandthechargesorthemeaningofself-defens
5、e.Uninterestedjurorseemmoreconcernedaboutmissingappointments.Onthethirdday,onejurorrunstobathroomintearsafterexchangingcurses.Bythefinalday,nearly,everycries.Thoughhe’snomorefamiliarwiththelawthantheotherjurors,whoincludeavacuum-cleanerrepairmanandasoftware
6、developer,it’sfittingthatBurnettisateacher.Forus,heservesasapatientinstructor,illustratingwithhisexperiencejustwhataremarkableandsometimesremarkablystrangedutyservingonajurycanbe.Formanycitizens,jurydutyistheirfirstexposuretoourjusticesystem.Jurorsdiscoverf
7、irsthandthegapbetweenlawandjustice.Theyfacetwoflawedversionsofthesameevent,offeredbywitnessestheymaynotbelieve.AsBurnettobservers,“Weexpectmuchofthisroom,andwethinkaboutitlessoftenthanweprobablyshould.”Weassumejurorswilltaketheirjobseriously.Weexpectthemtod
8、igestcomplicateddefinitionsthatleavelawyersconfused.ButasBurnettquicklydiscovers,jurorsreceivelittlehelp.Thejudgeoffersthemnoguidanceabouthowtoconductthemselvesandracesthroughhisdeliveryofthemurderchar
