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The Lede

How Daniel Penny Was Found Not Guilty in a Subway Killing That Divided New York

The trial over the death of Jordan Neely, which made Penny a right-wing cause célèbre, became a flash point in the debate over crime and vigilantism in big cities.
The Front Row

In “Juror #2,” Clint Eastwood Judges the System Harshly

The ninety-four-year-old director’s courtroom thriller, starring Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette, shows how self-interested parties can make the striving for justice yield injustices.
Our Local Correspondents

Who’s Afraid of Judging Donald Trump? Lots of People

At the ex-President’s criminal trial, where Trump has been reprimanded for intimidating a potential juror, and a man self-immolated outside, it has been challenging to find twelve people willing to sit in the jury box.
Our Local Correspondents

How to Choose a Jury of Trump’s Peers

A federal judge probed the backgrounds and political biases of dozens of New Yorkers, searching for nine people to serve as jurors for E. Jean Carroll’s rape lawsuit against the former President.
News Desk

A Juror Explains Why a C.I.A. Hacker Was Convicted

In a retrial, prosecutors made a persuasive case that Joshua Schulte had leaked hacking tools as an act of petty revenge against agency colleagues.
Richard Brody

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Fiction

Jury Duty