{"product_id":"deliberation-9781969770142","title":"Deliberation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Clifton Wilcox\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Windward Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Windward Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeliberation\u003c\/em\u003e is a psychological courtroom thriller that takes place almost entirely inside a jury deliberation room, where twelve strangers must decide the fate of a seventeen-year-old boy accused of murdering his father. The evidence presented during the trial appears convincing: a violent history between father and son, a missing kitchen knife linked to the crime, witnesses who heard the argument, and a teenager whose explanation of the night's events leaves troubling gaps. For most of the jurors, the case seems clear and the verdict inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the first vote reveals a single \"not guilty,\" the certainty in the room begins to fracture. One juror insists that before they condemn a boy to death, they must carefully examine every piece of evidence. What follows is a tense and increasingly volatile debate as the jurors revisit witness testimony, question the reliability of the physical evidence, and confront the assumptions each of them brought into the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs hours pass, the deliberation room transforms into a psychological battlefield where anger, prejudice, pride, and hidden personal wounds surface. Alliances shift, tempers ignite, and the line between truth and belief becomes dangerously blurred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDeliberation\u003c\/em\u003e, Clifton Wilcox explores the fragile nature of justice and the unsettling reality that a verdict is not determined only by facts but by the complex human minds forced to interpret them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Windward Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776038420631,"sku":"9781969770142","price":2346.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781969770142.webp?v=1777993924","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/deliberation-9781969770142","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}