Biases In The Film 'Twelve Angry Men'
Kevin Faucher & Joel Lai
Mr. Gordon
CLU3M1
April 25, 2013
12 Angry Men In the film Twelve Angry Men, all jury members discussed the evidence of a boy's murder trial. It seems as though it should be an easy, unanimous vote for guilty however after hours of analyzing and discussing the evidence it comes down to the most powerful evidence; the eye witnesses. How reliable really were the eye witnesses to the boy's murder? The most convincing testimonies do not always add up as proven by this jury. Factors such as, less than ideal observation, shortness of period of observation, and personal biases all prove that eyewitnesses can be very unreliable The woman says she witnessed the stabbing through the last 2 cars of the el. train …show more content…
She has known the boy her entire life and knows that the family has always been arguing and the father has been an abusive one. She figured since the father and son has always had problems, it must have been him who had done the stabbing. Another element to the bias was that she was an attention seeker. At she made a tremendous effort to look as young as possible at her court appearance. She wanted her time in the spotlight and by testifying against this boy she could be considered a big part of his conviction, if he were to be proven …show more content…
It was known to everyone that this man walked with a limp. The layout of his apartment was also known. The man testified that fifteen seconds after the body dropped he was able to get to the door and see the boy run down the hall. The man's room was situated at the back corner of his apartment so for him to get up and out of bed, leave his room, walk down to the end of the hall unlock the door and see the boy running would be very difficult to accomplish especially given the fact the man had a limp. The jury members estimated it to take three times the amount of time than what the old man said. Also, the hallway was quite dimmed therefore making it difficult to see much. These are also an examples of less than ideal observation and shortness of period of
Mr. Gordon
CLU3M1
April 25, 2013
12 Angry Men In the film Twelve Angry Men, all jury members discussed the evidence of a boy's murder trial. It seems as though it should be an easy, unanimous vote for guilty however after hours of analyzing and discussing the evidence it comes down to the most powerful evidence; the eye witnesses. How reliable really were the eye witnesses to the boy's murder? The most convincing testimonies do not always add up as proven by this jury. Factors such as, less than ideal observation, shortness of period of observation, and personal biases all prove that eyewitnesses can be very unreliable The woman says she witnessed the stabbing through the last 2 cars of the el. train …show more content…
She has known the boy her entire life and knows that the family has always been arguing and the father has been an abusive one. She figured since the father and son has always had problems, it must have been him who had done the stabbing. Another element to the bias was that she was an attention seeker. At she made a tremendous effort to look as young as possible at her court appearance. She wanted her time in the spotlight and by testifying against this boy she could be considered a big part of his conviction, if he were to be proven …show more content…
It was known to everyone that this man walked with a limp. The layout of his apartment was also known. The man testified that fifteen seconds after the body dropped he was able to get to the door and see the boy run down the hall. The man's room was situated at the back corner of his apartment so for him to get up and out of bed, leave his room, walk down to the end of the hall unlock the door and see the boy running would be very difficult to accomplish especially given the fact the man had a limp. The jury members estimated it to take three times the amount of time than what the old man said. Also, the hallway was quite dimmed therefore making it difficult to see much. These are also an examples of less than ideal observation and shortness of period of