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The Runaway Jury

A jury foreman follows his own agenda in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a tobacco giant.

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  • "A jury foreman follows his own agenda in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a tobacco giant."@en
  • "Ever wondered what happens in a jury room, a place where lawyers aren't heard and the judge isn't welcome? Who controls a jury when the door is locked and the deliberations begin? Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. Go behind closed doors to the other side of the court where the jury can be manipulated by a dominant mind, and their final decision can be a matter of life and death."@en
  • "In Biloxi, a tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then veers off course."
  • "In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the juror's increasingly odd behaviour. Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? And, more importantly, why?"
  • "In Biloxi, Mississippi, a woman sues a tobacco company for the death of her husband from lung cancer. The protagonists are a jury fixer, that is a lawyer whose role is to assure a jury favorable to the company, and a rogue juror whom the fixer cannot eliminate or control. This is a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake which begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors' increasingly odd behavior. Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more important, why?"@en
  • "In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake beings routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely and at least one juror is conviced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tipfrom an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the jury's incresingly odd behavior."
  • "In a landmark tobacco trial the jury starts to behave strangely. Are they being manipulated or even controlled?"@en
  • "Using jury consultants with elaborate and illegal research techniques, the tobacco companies have managed to win each lawsuit brought against them. Now, in Mississippi, a man has purposely placed himself on the jury of the latest tobacco trial."@en
  • "Goes behind the doors of a jury room to reveal what happens among members of a jury in the middle of deliberations as one powerful leader of the jury works to sway the verdict."
  • "Goes behind the doors of a jury room to reveal what happens among members of a jury in the middle of deliberations as one powerful leader of the jury works to sway the verdict."@en
  • "ADVENTURE / THRILLER. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the juror's increasingly odd behaviour. Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? And, more importantly, why?"@en
  • "Set in Mississippi, this story take place behind the doors of a jury room to reveal what happens in the middle of deliberations over a landmark tobacco trial when hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. One powerful juror works stealthily to sway the verdict."
  • "In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course."
  • "This blockbuster from the king of legal thrillers features twelve men and women who are swept up in a multi-million dollar courtroom battle. Big-time lawyers have investigated their backgrounds and are watching their every move -- and they'll stop at nothing to get the verdict they want. Now this jury must reach a decision in a high-stakes lawsuit against a huge tobacco firm. But the jury has a secret. They've chosen Juror #2 as their leader, and the verdict lies in his hands. A corporation's fate hangs in the balance and a grieving family waits, while lawyers fight for their professional lives. But when the truth about Juror #2 emerges, the gloves come off and the struggle begins for money and power."@en
  • "They are at the center of a multimillion dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now that the jury must make a decision in the most explosive trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him ... He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a past, and he has planned his every move with the help of a beautiful woman on the outside."@en
  • "Who controls a jury when the door is locked and deliberations begin? What would happen if one "wrong juror" - a juror with an agenda of his own - slipped onto the panel? The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more important, why?"
  • "Set in Mississippi, this story takes place behind the doors of a jury room to reveal what happens in the middle of deliberations over a landmark tobacco trial when hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. One powerful juror works stealthily to sway the verdict."@en
  • "In the middle of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane, a jury must make a decision in a precedent-setting lawsuit against a tobacco giant. But few know the truth: this jury has a leader, and the jury belongs to him."@en
  • "In the middle of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane, a jury must make a decision in a precedent-setting lawsuit against a tobacco giant. But few know the truth: this jury has a leader, and the jury belongs to him."
  • "In Mississippi, a woman sues a tobacco company for the death of her husband from lung cancer. The protagonists are a jury fixer, that is a lawyer whose role is to assure a jury favorable to the company, and a rogue juror whom the fixer cannot eliminate or control."
  • "The jury has been selected for a liability suit against the nation's largest tobacco company, but shortly after the trial begins, they begin to act strangely."@en
  • "In Mississippi, a woman sues a tobacco company for the death of her husband from lung cancer. The protagonists are a jury fixer, that is a lawyer whose role is to assure a jury favorable to the company, and a rogue juror whom the fixer cannot eliminate or control."@en
  • "The jury in a landmark tobacco trial begins to act strangely, with some becoming paranoid. Who is causing this?"

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  • "The Runaway Jury"@en
  • "The Runaway Jury"
  • "The Runaway Jury Read by Michael Beck"@en
  • "The runaway jury"@en
  • "The runaway jury"
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  • "The Runaway jury"
  • "The Runaway jury"@en
  • "The runaway jury by John Grisham"

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