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This article appeared in the February 4, 2002 edition of The Nation.

January 17, 2002

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JURY DUTY--I

New York City

A Trial by Jury, both the book and Carl T. Bogus's review ["A Verdict on the System," Dec. 10, 2001], were interesting and insightful, but I offer the following: Bogus says, "If convicted, Milcray [the defendant] could go to prison for life. They [the jurors] were not supposed to know this because under New York law the jury's only job is to determine whether the defendant is guilty of the charged offenses; it is the judge who decides the sentence" [my emphasis].

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About Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn is the author of The Designated Mourner and Four Plays (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). more...

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Michael Massing, a New York writer, is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and Columbia Journalism Review. more...

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