Forget everything you think you know about what the Trump jury will do

Very few Americans have seen what is happening in the Manhattan courtroom where former president Donald Trump is on trial. We hear about it, read news articles about it or watch televised discussions about it. But beyond those lucky enough to earn a spot in the courtroom on any given day, peoples’ visual understanding of what’s unfolding there depends on courtroom sketches, an allegory-of-the-cave-level approximation of reality.