"A Jury of Her Peers" Short Story by Susan Glaspell

Susan Glaspell was inspired to write the play Trifles by a murder trial that she covered for the Des Moines Daily News. The case was notable because the attorney accused the wife of man who was murdered of the crime. Glaspell had an opportunity to visit the home that the victim and the accused shared.

After she wrote Trifles, she wrote a short story version of the tale. It was published a year after the performance of the play. You can read her full story here: https://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/story/fulltext.html