begins with an eighteen year old boy from the ghetto who is on trial for the murder of his abusive father. A jury of twelve men is locked in the deliberation room to decide the fate of the young boy. All evidence is against the boy and a guilty verdict would send him to die in the electric chair. The judge informs the jurors that they are faced with a grave decision and that the court would not entertain any acts of mercy for the boy if found guilty. The mood is apparent at first when the majority
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to assume the responsibility and challenge the assumed (198). He is also seen as a leader of the group through the honesty and integrity he displayed by “acting in accordance with solid moral principles” (41) as well as a drive to reach an honest verdict by convincing the group to look at all the possibilities despite the obvious and assumed. Juror 3 would best be classified as an alienated follower as his prejudice against the defendant clouds his judgment‚ placing a bias on why he thinks the boy
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case in which a decision was apparent to be reached easily‚ all the jurors would presume the defendant guilty of murdering his father‚ but only one takes an exception and votes as not guilty. It is necessary that all jurors vote unanimously for a verdict to be reached‚ and when juror #8 votes non-guilty‚ he forces all jurors to discuss the case. All jurors are against reviewing the case‚ but in the end sit down to discuss. Each juror is to explain why they believe the person is guilty‚ trying to convince
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them. The other characters see him as an angry man who is too stubborn to listen to what anyone else has to say. In this book juror three often explodes into extremely loud yelling while everyone else is trying to keep calm and decide on a fair verdict on the case. At one point during the story juror number eight is trying to calmly explain the facts and evidence that proves juror threes opinion wrong
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is a twisting story where a son is accussed of stabbing his father to death. Twelve strangers are told to listen to this court case and are then stuck in a small‚ hot room where they are told to decide on a verdict‚ whether or not the kid lives or dies. The jury finally decides on the verdict of : Not Guilty. Three major facts that influence the juries agreement that the accussed is not guilty include doubts of the murder weapon‚ doubts of the old man’s testimony‚ and doubts of the lady across the
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Gilmer did some more talkin’‚ and Judge Taylor charged the jury.” “How was he?” I asked. “What say? Oh‚ he did right well. I ain’t complainin’ one bit - he was mighty fair-minded. He sorta said if you believe this‚ then you’ll have to return one verdict‚ but if you believe this‚ you’ll have to return another one. I thought he was leanin’ a little to our side.” Reverend Skyes scratched his head. I was glad to hear this and it let me have some relief‚ but I still said‚ “He’s not supposed to lean‚
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“12 Angry Men” The movie “12 Angry Men” takes place in a room within a courthouse where 12 men that have been selected for jury duty must decide the fate of a murder suspect. The group of men is made up of a diverse ethnic and social background which plays an important part in their decisions throughout the movie. In regards to Tuckman’s stages‚ the group introduce themselves to each other while acknowledging their purpose as jurors. After a lengthy trial they are finally able to talk openly
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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
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views. Eight a caring man‚ who wishes to talk about why the other jurors think that the boy is guilty‚ clashes with Three‚ a sadistic man who would pull the swith himselfto end the boys life. Accroding to Rose‚ several elements can infulence a jury’s verdict‚ such as the emotional make-up of individual jurors. Many elements can change a jurors decision. Juror Three‚ who is convincd that the boy is guilty‚ is allied with Four who is eventually convicedEights showing of how the two testimonies given by
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something such as a young boy’s life should not be decided upon within an hour and encouraged the men to take more time by gambling for support. In Davis’ luck‚ another gentlemen wanted to hear more. Throughout the back and forth‚ guilty/not guilty verdict‚ Davis tries to put himself in the young boy’s place‚ he offers this idea up to the other men saying firmly‚ “How long would you like for a jury to converse if you were faced with the electric chair?” After he says this the other men come to an abrupt
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