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Juries Are Worth the Trouble |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / REVIEWS |
| Author: Bruce Fein |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2002 |
| Size: 2,135 Words, 13,462 Characters |
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A TRIAL BY JURY
D. Graham Burnett
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
192 pp., $21.00
The deceased was Randolph Cuffee, his intriguing moniker, "Antigua." The African-American male from the demimonde regularly patronized the Watusi Lounge and other gay bars in New York City. A devotee of exotic sex, Cuffee died after being stabbed in his Manhattan apartment on August 1, 1998. The police investigation culminated in the garden-variety case of The People of New York v. Monte Virginia Milcray, tried by a jury of twelve in the New York Supreme Court, the state's trial court.
The alleged killer, Monte Virginia Milcray, was prosecuted for second-degree murder and manslaughter. According to Milcray's trial testimony, he had killed unintentionally, in an effort to escape homosexual rape by Cu...
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..., jury verdicts legitimize laws and law enforcement in the eyes of the public; they ensure the appreciation of diverse life perspectives and the appearance of justice beyond the ability of a single judge. Without popular legitimacy and eager cooperation, the law either withers or becomes a dead letter in a democracy. Only a Gestapo or KGB can enforce laws amid a sullen or resentful community.
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