Channel 4 viewers ‘irrationally angry’ over tense social experiment series | 08MVI52 | 2024-02-27 21:08:01
Channel 4 viewers 'irrationally angry' over tense social experiment series | 08MVI52 | 2024-02-27 21:08:01
Channel 4 viewers have been left conflicted over its daring new social experiment programme The Jury: Homicide Trial.
The present sees two separate juries preside over a trial – a husband accused of murdering his wife in chilly blood – to see if they nonetheless attain the identical verdict.
Featuring actors, The Jury: Homicide Trial is a dramatisation of a real-life case, which has not been revealed by Channel four, spun from the original transcripts from the courtroom case.
Nevertheless, as viewers tuned in for the primary instalment tonight (Monday February, 26) – an extra three episodes will air on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night – they have been left feeling cold.
On Monday, they were given the essential information of the case, learning that the husband admitted to killing his spouse by hanging her with a hammer, but is arguing a 'loss of control' defence.
This argument infuriated Meghan on X, who fumed: 'Already feeling my blood boil. Why does the lady whose head is smashed in with a hammer need to be at fault for it. "What did she say to impress him?" Like what the hell does that matter? And ppl with this mentality making such necessary selections.'
Echoing with Meghan's sentiment, Andy Gilder added: 'Already irrationally indignant at& #TheJury. At some point right into a six day homicide trial and half of them have already rushed into judgement.'
Some viewers additionally complained that The Jury was not an accurate representation of a courtroom case.
'The jurors are usually not allowed to have their notes outdoors of the courtroom like that. This is totally false.& #thejury,' account Redundant Baker claimed.
</div></figure> </div></figure> </div></figure> </div></figure> </div></figure> </div> Agreeing Wez remarked: 'Sadly& #TheJury& resembles the courtroom proceedings of Decide Rinder more than a real social experiment.'
Alix, meanwhile, took umbrage with a few of the dramatisation: 'A few of the GCSE appearing on this can be a bit painful to date #thejury.'
In response to Channel 4, 'The Jury: Homicide Trial& will look at the jury system for the primary time on British television by recreating a whole, actual homicide trial from the unique transcripts in front of 24 jurors, randomly cut up into two juries, neither of whom are aware of the opposite.
'Filmed over ten days, in a former courthouse in Essex, the collection will take a forensic take a look at the inside workings of justice. The 2 juries shall be requested to guage on the actual case of a man who admits he killed his spouse, however whose defence maintains that he misplaced management, and is subsequently not guilty of homicide.'
Describing the show as an ' revolutionary true crime experiment' aiming to 'give the public an insight into the British jury system', Andy Vasey and Dan Warner, artistic directors at 4creative, shed additional perception into how it might expose flaws in the UK's authorized system.
They stated: 'Our marketing campaign spotlights how, for example, & a juror being hungover or tired is perhaps as more likely to sway a verdict as the information of the case. With one trial and two juries, it's fascinating to see whether or not the identical verdict can be reached by each.
The Jury continues tomorrow (Tuesday February 27) on Channel 4.
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