There
it is. “Breaking News: Verdict reached!”
scrolls along the bottom portion of your television screen or appears as a
notification on your newest smart phone.
We have all seen it. We have all
waited in nervous anticipation for it.
We flick to the nearest news channel, turn up the volume, and crowd
around the screen as the criminal trial enters the final stretch. Those final words are then composedly
uttered, “We the jury find the defendant…”
