Chinese Supreme Court Summoned 12 Random Department Store Shoppers To Jury A High Profile Case

 July 11, 1981

News in a flash—In the premise that customers are always right, the Supreme Court of China summoned 12 random shoppers in a department store to jury a high profile murder case that the Chinese justice system believed they should never be wrong with the verdict. The 12 of the jurors—who are composed of 8 stay-at-home moms, a waitress, a mystery shopper, a house-to-house merchandiser, and a part-time nanny—all turned in a guilty verdict, and they all got it right as expected.