SEQUESTERED Blog

In Tennessee, judges can decide whether to let jurors ask questions during a trial. It’s not required, and it doesn’t happen everywhere, but Tennessee’s legal system allows it.

Day 6  of the trial: Tennessee v. Jason Chen The murder trial for Jasmine Pace. Listen here: Transcript for this episode is here "The State Rests."  With those three words, the prosecution concluded its case in the murder trial of Jason Chen , accused of killing 22-year-old Jasmine Pace . For us jurors, it marked a turning point—an abrupt silence after days of intense evidence, heartbreaking testimony, and expert analysis. By this sixth day of trial, the weight of jury seques

In Episode 5 of Sequestered, Sara (Juror #11) takes listeners into the fourth day of the trial, where forensic pathologist Dr. Stephen Cogsw