A quote by Samuel Chase, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, states, “The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.” Agatha Christie displays an unusual interpretation of the justice of a jury in her murder mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express. Through the Armstrong household’s lethal decision to kill Ratchett, Christie symbolizes the twisted justness of a jury blinded by bias and fueled by revenge. The self-appointed jurors juxtapose their justice with a desire for revenge. They believe they succeed in carrying out a death sentence justified by the law. However the Armstrong jury systems fails as a traditional jury in a court of law because it acts as a consensus with the idea of justice
