`Jury of Her Peers` Case analysis

Women , as illustrated in the short story , can have independent minds or sharp reasoning powers . Martha Hale 's decisive ways and motivational power prevailed over the timid Mrs . Peters , who served as collaborator-follower . Mrs Hale assumed a shared leadership (Solansky , 2008 ,

. 334 ) style that highlighted motivational , social and cognitive processes ' leading to the realization of a common objective or goal

Process of Piecing Together Clues

Mrs . Hale and Mrs . Peters fit together the clues of the killing through inductive reasoning . They drew inferences from observable facts identified the patterns

, and from there , proceeded to test their inferences by gathering more observable facts . They did not just rely on their own instincts . They pieced the puzzle of the crime by closely examining and analyzing both contextual and socio-emotional factors surrounding the life circumstances of the suspected killer , Mrs . Wright

Types of Crimes Committed in the Story

There are at least three major crimes committed in the story . The first is the outright murder of John Wright , and at every turn , the evidences point to his wife , Mrs . Wright , as the perpetrator . The other crime is concealment of evidence , making Mrs . Hale and Mrs . Peters accomplices to the murder . The third type of crime is that committed towards women who are deprived of a humane existene . In the story , the women were ridiculed and belittled

Concealing Evidence Protecting a Suspect Victim In concealing evidence and protecting Mrs . Wright , Mrs . Hale and Mrs Peters risked problems with the law . They cannot let a victim of spousal neglect suffer the consequences of her action . This prompted the two ladies to protect Minnie Wright from incarceration . Mrs . Hale subtly influenced Mrs . Peters to abandon her own belief that the law has got to punish crime ( A Jury of Her Peers ' 1997 ) by highlighting the...