Publisher's Synopsis
On the day before his twenty-first wedding anniversary, David Sullinger buried an axe in his wife's skull. Now, eight jurors must retire to the deliberation room and and decide whether David committed premeditated murder - or whether he was a battered spouse who killed his wife in self-defence. Told from the perspective of over a dozen participants in a murder trial, 'We, the Jury' examines how public perception can mask the ghastliest nightmares. As the jurors stagger toward a verdict, they must sift through contradictory testimony from the Sullinger's children, who disagree on which parent was Satan; sort out conflicting allegations of severe physical abuse, adultery and incest; and overcome personal animosities and biases that threaten a fair and just verdict. Ultimately, the central figures in 'We, the Jury' must navigate the blurred boundaries between bias and objectivity, fiction and truth.
