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A wonderfully powerful play about the importance of the individual in a democratic society. We are taken into the jury room, where eleven men have already made up their minds to convict a sixteen year old boy of murdering his father and sentence him to the electric chair. But one man, Juror #8, wants to be sure. He wants to weigh the facts and examine the evidence and remove all doubt from his own mind as to the guilt of this boy, and in doing so, he changes the course of the case and reveals a
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Jury duty is a learning experience. Everyone should get a chance to serve.

This was fantastically powerful. The particular version I listened to was incredibly well done (Héctor Elizando, I've missed you!) and I'd highly recommend it.
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