The Jury: Murder Trial

A real-life murder trial is restaged for two juries. Will they reach the same verdict? We hear the case of a husband who killed his wife with a hammer. The trial begins as the juries hear the evidence, but divisions and disagreements soon form.

The juries hear the defence for a husband who killed his wife with a hammer. The defence say that husband John lost control because victim Helen made his life intolerable. Some of the jurors begin to sympathise strongly with the defendant.

The restaged murder trial progresses, as the prosecution cross-examines the defendant. The jurors continue to be divided, and a character statement leaves both juries conflicted.

The restaged murder trial reaches its conclusion, as the prosecution and defence give their closing speeches. The juries retire to decide their verdicts, but are they the same one?

A young mother says she killed her boyfriend in self-defence, but is she telling the truth? A real-life murder trial is restaged, with actors, for a jury of 12 ordinary people. Will the jury agree with the verdict of the original trial?

As the defence build their case, the jury hear how the young mother claims she stabbed her boyfriend in the chest to stop him strangling her. Some jurors believe the defendant and are convinced that she's a victim of domestic abuse.