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Charles Boyd is a lone juror who held out against convicting a defendant in a Maryland court recently, and he did so because of some lessons he learned from the OJ Simpson case. Danny talks to Boyd about his courtroom experience.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Lynn Neary about the Pope's visit to the United States this week. During his trip, which included appearances in New Jersey, New York, and Baltimore, the Pope appealed to Americans to be sensitive to the needs of the poor and sickly, and to young people to devote their lives to the church by becoming priests and nuns.

2: Former Soviet Ambassador to the United States ANATOLY DOBRYIN (doe-BRINN-yen). Dobryin has written his autobiography In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to America's Six Cold War Presidents published by Times Books 1995. Dobryin was Ambassador from 1962 (Kennedy) through 1986 (Reagan). He was a key diplomat in many U.S./Soviet conflicts including The Cuban Missile Crisis. Dobryin, now 76 years old, is still active in Russian diplomacy as senior advisor to the Foreign Ministry. He lives in Moscow.

Daniel talks with the authors of "Modus Operandi: A Writer's Guide to How Criminals Work." Mauro Corvasce and Joseph Paglino are police detectives in New Jersey. They say many of the criminal acts portrayed on TV and in novels are inaccurate or incomplete.

Rock Critic, KEN TUCKER reviews Michael Jackson''s new album "History" (Epic).

No review today.

Book Critic, MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the new book The Price of a Child (Knopf) by Lorene Cary.

DR. JONAS SALK, WHO DEVELOPED THE POLIO VACCINE IN 1952, DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE AGE OF 80.

ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF POET AND ETYMOLOGIST JOHN CIARDI, WHO DIED IN 1986 AT THE AGE OF 69, WE HEAR A MORNING EDITION COMMENTARY BROADCAST IN APRIL, 1983 BY NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S "MAN ABOUT WORDS."

NPR'S MIKE SHUSTER REPORTS ON HOW LEGISLATION, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN ADOPTED, IS AFFECTING AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE BOAT-PEOPLE IN REFUGEE CAMPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA.