Word: juryroom
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...listen to complicated legal arguments, conducted furiously by a total of 66 attorneys. In succeeding weeks, marching in twos and vigilantly guarded, the twelve jurymen and two alternates were occasionally taken out to exercise on the shores of Lake Mendota. For Christmas they had a tree in the juryroom and as a special favor they were allowed to speak to their families. Their mail was carefully censored. They were not allowed to see The Life of Emile Zola because of the courtroom scenes. But in 16 weeks they had gained a total...
...section of the exhibits (evidence); pondered thereon; went to their rooms at the Hotel McAlpin, Manhattan. All the next day at the federal building they tried to reach a decision, failed. Judge Mack told them to try again. More nights in locked hotel rooms, more days in a stuffy juryroom with peekers looking through the windows . . . blasphemy, threats . . stubborn Juror No. 9 . . . sick Juror No. 6 who had been shell-shocked in the War . . . 36 hours, 48 hours, 60 hours...