Jury Service single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Jury Service
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'Divorced, fortyish, two children, a dog, and a thesis begun some years ago', a Brisbane woman's initial response to an invitation to Jury service is to decline - an option only available to her because she is a woman. However, she resists succumbing to such a gender-biased option and accepts, and is distressed when confronted with the casualties of a society in which male power and abuse seem rife.

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