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The View From Inside the Uma Jury

Member explains how panel reached stalking verdict

By Elizabeth Wolff, Newser User

Posted May 7, 2008 12:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Wall Street Journal reporter who served on the jury that convicted Uma Thurman’s stalker yesterday looks back today, recalling just over a week of debate, junk food, and weird dreams. “The fact that she was a famous movie star made us partly... Read full story »

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