The.Jury.Murder.Trial.S01E01.The.Crime Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,400 This programme contains strong language and discussions of murder 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,600 Can you tell me how Helen is, please? 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,640 All I can say is that she is in a serious condition. 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,760 I never wanted anything bad to happen to her. 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,040 There's some stuff I don't entirely understand about 6 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:20,840 how this did happen today. But I'll explain as much as I possibly can. 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,640 I didn't plan for any of this to happen, quite the opposite. 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,800 Can we trust our justice system? 9 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,960 To find out, we're re-enacting an entire real murder trial... 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,640 You chose to use this hammer. Yes. 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,840 ..word for word, with actors. 12 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,760 To aim the shots and basically bash her brains in. 13 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,160 She's still shouting, and I go to put my hand over her mouth, 14 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,720 but I don't know, I don't know why, 15 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,480 I put my hands round her throat instead. 16 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,960 But just as in a real court, the jurors are ordinary people. 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,960 God, I just feel so sorry for her. 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,520 I believe that there are two sides to every story. 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,440 I don't care what she said. 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,280 And in this ground-breaking experiment, 21 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:13,800 there is a key difference. 22 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,560 There isn't just one jury. There's two. 23 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,080 Both unaware of each other. 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,800 I wanted to give him a hug. Is it crocodile tears or not? 25 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,560 I don't want to do this any more! 26 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,560 They'll watch the same trial, 27 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,080 but will they reach the same verdict? 28 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:38,280 Do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty of murder? 29 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,600 A real-life murder trial is about to be restaged in full by actors, 30 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,680 in front of two different juries. 31 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,720 This experiment is so important. 32 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:10,400 I've never seen what goes on behind 33 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,920 closed doors in a jury, no-one has. 34 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:18,400 The jury system is the corner stone of our justice system. 35 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:19,920 But I think we need to have 36 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,080 a conversation about whether or not 37 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:23,320 the jury is fit 38 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,640 for the 21st century. 39 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,960 12 random people are kind of thrown together 40 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:40,960 and you're reliant on those 12 people to make the right decision. 41 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,720 I think I'm quite logical rather than emotional. 42 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,560 One would like to think that a juror would bring common sense 43 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,040 but not everybody has g***t common sense, so. 44 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,120 We are completely different, men and women, in emotions. 45 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,360 We're made up differently, let's say. 46 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,080 The restaged trial will take place 47 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,880 in this former courthouse in Chelmsford. 48 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:12,480 The Ministry of Justice found that 70% of jurors 49 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,640 could not remember key points of law 50 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,600 that they had been instructed on. 51 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,760 That's problematic. 52 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,720 If we didn't have punishment, 53 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,400 we would live in a very different world. 54 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,200 When you do something wrong, 55 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,400 there has to be a price paid. 56 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,280 It is mad cos you could be sending an innocent person to prison. 57 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,160 You have to be really, really sure 58 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,880 cos that is someone's life in your hands. 59 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,040 Hi. Hi, you all right? I'm fine, thank you. 60 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,720 I'm Emily, nice to meet you. I'm Kelly, nice to meet you, Emily. 61 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,040 The jurors are local to the area. 62 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,320 Hello. How are you? Hello, darling, all right? Hi. 63 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,160 And in an extraordinary experiment in justice... 64 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Richard, yeah. Nice to meet you. 65 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,640 ..they are randomly split into two different juries. 66 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,800 Morning, all. One is the Red Jury. 67 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:17,800 What's your name? Gary. Emily, nice to meet you. 68 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:21,760 Hello, Emily. Don't expect me to remember all your names, though. 69 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,080 And on the other side of the building - 70 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,840 the Blue Jury. 71 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,440 So, have you g***t children? I do, I have a daughter. 72 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,520 Aw! Yeah. 73 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,320 Neither jury knows the other exists, 74 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,760 to stop them influencing each other. 75 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,480 I always think that in any case, how do you ever 76 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,680 100% know what happened? Yeah. No-one says, 77 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,360 "Yeah, you g***t that right, well done." No, no, exactly. 78 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,360 Will these two different juries 79 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,800 ultimately see this case the same way? 80 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,920 To remain hidden from each other... 81 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,400 Is it all the way down? 82 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,720 ..each jury has their own staircase. 83 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,280 And entrance to the courtroom. 84 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,360 They will observe the trial 85 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,760 from specially designed soundproof boxes... 86 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,320 You g***t enough room? Yeah. 87 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,800 ..entirely unaware of who is on the other side of the divide. 88 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:30,960 Who's that man there? Someone there. 89 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,760 Right, good morning, everybody. 90 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,000 The jurors will sit, over six days, 91 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,600 through the original trial word for word. 92 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:49,000 Before we start, can you all look towards the dock? 93 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,280 You will find the defendant, 94 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,280 who's called Mr John Reisdale, 95 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:59,440 and he is the man whose case you will be trying. 96 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:05,120 Only names, dates and locations have been changed, to anonymise the case. 97 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:10,320 The defendant stands charged on this indictment with murder. 98 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,160 To this indictment he has pleaded not guilty, 99 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,960 and it is your duty, having heard the evidence, 100 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,080 to decide whether he is guilty or not. 101 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,400 OK. I'll pass it over to you. 102 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,200 May it please Your Honour, 103 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,040 Mr Reisdale is charged with 104 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,880 the murder of his wife, Helen. 105 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,920 As with the real case, the jury are given bundles of evidence 106 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,400 including photos and reports. 107 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,920 I'm going to ask you to have a look at those now. 108 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,880 Photograph 007 is significant, ladies and gentlemen, 109 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,360 because that shows the state of the room in general. 110 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,280 That's blood, I think, is it? Yeah. 111 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,040 There's, like, things all over the place, 112 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,240 so they must have been having a proper fight. Bloody hell. 113 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:03,960 So, on Monday the 11th of July of last year, 114 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,320 in the dining room of the house they shared together, 115 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:13,120 the defendant attempted to strangle his wife of just two months, 116 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,760 and thereafter repeatedly struck her in the face/head area 117 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:22,200 three times with an industrial-sized hammer. 118 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,960 I'll ask the usher if they can 119 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,120 kindly hand it around to the jury now. 120 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,920 That's heavy. 121 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,400 It weighs about 1.4kg. 122 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:44,120 A hammer that caused catastrophic and fatal head injuries 123 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,000 resulting in her death some two days later whilst...