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www.washingtonpost.com - : ''Trial by Jury'' is hardly an exciting title for a film, but it is at least accurate. Writer-director Heywood Gould seems intent on exposing the common manipulations of both defenders and prosecutors through the story of a capital murder case involving a ruthless mobster named Rusty Pirone (Armand Assante). Gould also explores the dilemmas created by the jury system, but somewhere along the way he opts for a very weird denouement melding sexual obsession and vigilante empowerment. more...
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