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A Jury of Her Peers “…it seemed she couldn’t cross it now was simply because she hadn’t crossed it before” (203). Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters stepped into something without knowing the weight of it. Along with fear and uncertainty, the sheriff’s wife and an old friend, of the accused, Minni Foster, agreed to walk through the door of a lonely, cold and bitter house. To be ones peer it to be ones …

…don’t think Mrs. Wright would have been proven guilty-especially with no clues and no motives found. If this case were tried now, not much of a difference would happen; of course further investigation and further prosecution would take place. However, in the long run, most women will be proven innocent, or have it known that there was a significant reason why she lead to murder. Unless, of course, it’s her children she murdered.