A Jury of Her Peers Quotes

“This is my client Trent. I’m going to defend him vigorously, because that’s my job. When he looks at you today, he has to see a group of people who are willing to be fair and impartial. Please think about those words—fair and impartial. Because, believe me, if it were you in this chair, or your mother, or your child, you’d be as desperate to have fair and impartial jurors as he is right now.”
― Jean Hanff Korelitz, A Jury of Her Peers

“You know,” Sybylla said warmly, “it isn’t such a terrible thing to be incapable of open-mindedness. All of us are swayed by our experiences, and by prejudices. If the school bully who beat you up had red hair, then maybe there’s a tiny part of you that resents people with red hair, even though you may know this to be irrational.”
― Jean Hanff Korelitz, A Jury of Her Peers

“So tell me now. Please. Is there anything you’ve heard today, or anything in your life, your character, that would prevent you from being the open-minded jurors we need you to be?”
― Jean Hanff Korelitz, A Jury of Her Peers