12 Angry Men Paper 9/17/13 The movie “12 Angry Men” is about a murder trial set in the mid 1900’s when the American legal system had very different rules from what it has now. The trial is about a 16 year old boy who supposedly murdered his father late one night in New York City. He was from a slum‚ with a history of problems with the law‚ including knife fights. The jury is made up of twelve white men who are supposed to deliberate about the boy’s fate when he is Latino. In the beginning of
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Seth Turner Professor Wilson Speech 22 April 2013 12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men is a filmed based on the theme of reasonable doubt. A jury of twelve men are chosen to determine whether the eighteen year old boy killed his father or not. The initial evidence that includes two eye witnesses would suggest that this case is a closed decision and they boy will surely be found guilty. The jury does not take long before coming to a vote ending in 11 votes for guilty 1 vote for non guilty. The man who voted
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Leadership Analysis “Twelve Angry Men” Olu Adewumi NCLC 375: Prof. Ampthor The movie “Twelve Angry Men” is about twelve male jurors‚ brought together in a deliberation room to decide whether a boy is guilty of killing his father. The deliberation starts with an 11-1 vote for guilty. As the movie progresses‚ the one man who had a reasonable doubt about the guilt or innocent of the young boy‚ convinces the other members
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The plot of 12 angry jurors revolves around the innocent boy who was accusing of stabbing his father. Their decision may end this boy’s life at the same time it can make him a better person to live. They are all sitting around a hard wooden table still in the center of the humid New York in a sunny day .the room is full of tense and arguments. That was in the 1957 when fans barley worked. The diverse jurors are discussing the case with different opinions and the 12 jurors have different backgrounds
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the hottest day of the year in New York City‚ and 12 clammy men‚ who were put on a jury‚ are locked into a room‚ where the fan doesn’t work and the windows stick‚ to discuss the case of an 18 year old accused of murder. In the opening scene‚ the judge states that is it a first degree murder and if found guilty the teenager will receive the death penalty. The 18 year old is accused of killing his father with a “one of a kind” switch blade. The 12 jurors must decide if there is enough evidence to
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12 Angry Men Paper In the movie‚ 12 Angry Men‚ a lesson that is taught is to check your intuitions-neither dismiss them‚ nor trust them blindly. In the movie‚ 11 of the jurors went with their first intuition that the boy was guilty. This turned out to be wrong in the end (as far as we know) and the jurors made the mistake of trusting their intuitions "blindly". Another example is the man who kept changing his mind as to whether he thought the defendant was guilty or innocent. He could not
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on the glove and it did not fit. The jury saw that there was unclear evidence that proved him guilty and there was nothing that proved him not guilty but the jury still ruled not guilty even though he did kill his wife. However‚ the play Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose agrees with this quote. There is a boy on trial for the murder of his father and when the jury goes into the jury room to discuss a verdict eleven
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The film “12 Angry Men” is a 1957 drama consisting of a dozen men on jury‚ who attempt to reach a verdict involving a teenager in a murder case. A guilty verdict was initially predicted‚ but the jury members start questioning and reasoning the testimonies given in court. Was the boy being accused of stabbing his father really guilty? All the information regarding the timing of the train‚ the timing of the murder‚ and the testimonies did not add up. Through much debate‚ a complex voting process‚ and
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN – QUOTES P1. ‘It now becomes your duty to separate the facts from the fancy’. (Judge) ‘I urge you to deliberate honestly and thoughtfully’. (Judge) ‘If‚ however‚ there is no reasonable doubt –then you must‚ in good conscience‚ find the accused guilty’. (Judge) ‘Your verdict must be unanimous’. (Judge) P3. ‘..Even when the case is as obvious as this one. I mean‚ did you ever hear so much talk about nothing?’ (Juror 3) ‘Everybody deserves a fair trial. Sometimes I think we’d
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Analysis of voice recognition and eyewitness testimonies The film 12 Angry Men is about a murder trial conducted in a courtroom. The judge gave the jury its final instruction telling them that a guilty verdict will result in a death sentence for the defendant‚ an 18-year-old boy who was accused of murdering his father using a knife! One juror had a personal connection with the case. He has not seen his son for more than two years. He claims that the young boy is guilty and that all young
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