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“...It's a crash course in those passages of the Constitution that promise defendants a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. "12 Angry Men" never states whether the defendant is innocent or guilty. It is about whether the jury has a reasonable doubt about his guilt.’” quoted by, well known critic Roger Ebert. The whole concept of Reasonable Doubt is that you should not vote guilty if there is any "reasonable doubt", no matter how sure other jurors are. In the book 12 Angry Men by…

The movie Twelve Angry Men shows off many different ways people might attempt to make an argument. Within these arguments, the jurors slowly begin revealing their personal values and prejudices. “Friedman (2007) theorizes that scapegoats and prejudicial stereotyping is psychologically” (Mandel 2). It’s takes people from many different walks of life and back grounds and displays what happens when they are forced to reach a conclusion. I wrote this last minute, so don’t judge to harshly. Some…

The 1957 movie version of 12 angry men, brings twelve people together with different personalities and experiences to discuss the fate of a young boy that allegedly killed his father. At the very beginning many agree that the boy is guilty except for one man. Juror #8 votes not guilty and pushes to have the evidence talked through. Slowly after reviewing all the evidence carefully the eleven to one vote switched from eleven thinking guilty to eleven thinking not guilty. Each juror brought…

Sitting in the courtroom with Jerry, Marlene kept thinking she would be going home with her husband, I’m sure they’ll find me innocent. Within hours, the jurors asked a question. Once they got the answer, they returned to the deliberating room. After five days of deliberation, the foreman notified the bailiff they had reached a decision. “Ladies and gentlemen, have you reached a verdict?” Judge Hunter asked when everyone returned to the courtroom. Standing to his feet, the foreman said, “Yes,…

Civility will encourage your opponents to keep listening to you. The play Twelve Angry Men shows that civility is important. By the end of the play, the jurors were willing to listen to the people who were the most rational. Juror 8 calmly took the others' ideas into account, which swayed the jury to favor not guilty. At first, the jury thinks the boy is guilty, but Juror 8 used relaxed tactics to change their minds. One of the last jurors to change his mind was Juror 3. In the beginning, he…

Jury Nullification To condemn a person for an act that he or she did that broke the law is hard to decide. The jury is there to assist so the decision of the case does not depend solely on the judge. A jury consists of usually twelve people. They are there to come up with a verdict based on the evidence presented to them at court. To be part of such an important body comes with responsibilities and rights. One in question, is the right to nullify a law. Jury nullification is when the jury knows…

participating in a robbery that ended with someone dying will probably be the hardest thing he will ever go through. Steve Harmon is not the monster he is being made out to be. Through emotional, logical, and moralistic reasoning Steve's innocence will be proven and brought to the eyes of the jury. Steve is not like King or Bobo; he goes to school and is even interested in something that…

According to “12 Angry Men’’ by Reginald Rose, Justice is something that is affected by race and experiences that's not guaranteed to everyone, because there need to be someone who stands up to injustice. These issues cause many innocent people to do time in jail, lose jobs ,and even lose their life which hurt many families before and years to come. For example, People can get a unfair trial because of faulty eyewitness testimony. In the 12 angry man All of the eyewitnesses seem to be…

asleep"(Reginald Rose 129). In Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose they decided the verdict of not guilty. The defendant was obviously innocent as shown by the knife, old man's story, and the woman's false eyesight. In no way has the defendant been proven guilty beyond a reasonable…

Walter Dean Myers insightful novel “Monster,” is told through the eyes of a young man accused of armed robbery and murder. Steve, a teenager accused of murder tells the story of his experience in court and in prison. Throughout the entire book the reader must decide if they think Steve is guilty or innocent. Towards the middle of the book we find out that Steve has been framed, whether people will believe Steve or not is the ongoing internal struggle throughout the entire book. The people in…