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The Jury: Murder Trial – what’s the real-life case behind the trial? What Channel 4 has said

The Jury: Murder Trial uses actors to recreate a trial in front of two different juries - but here's why C4 can't reveal the real life crime.

The four-part series, airing over consecutive nights this week, will make you confront some uncomfortable truths – that a jury can’t always be trusted. Although the evidence in The Jury: Murder Trial is based on a real life crime, Channel 4 has changed the names, and locations. In fact, some criminologists believe that real life juries may reach the wrong verdict in up to a quarter of cases.

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