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Jury duty with a vengeance

Some 27,000 jurors will officially report for duty May 1 as China launches its new jury trial system. Unlike in the West, where juries are selected on a trial by trial basis, China's jurors will sit for five-year terms — in panels of three — to work with judges weighing both criminal and civil cases.

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