12 Angry Men Persuasive Letter

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I’m juror #11. I’m a refugee from Europe. I went through a lot of injustice so basically I’m looking for be on quest of justice to help other people who have been treated unfairly. The purpose of me writing this letter is to inform that all the jurors decided “not guilty” because it is a hung jury. We end up not having a right verdict to make up a better decision. Personally my vote was that the guy is “not guilty” because the man wasn’t sure who he really saw running downstairs. I do not live in a tenement, but it is close and there is just enough light in the hall so you can see the steps, no more! That’s why I choose “not guilty”. For example, “the light bulbs are so small and this murder took place in a tenement. Remember how we stumbled on the steps?” There is no such enough evidence to say that the guy killed his father. Because in first place since the light bulbs are so small it does not show the clue of the old man saying that he saw a figure. Think about it! The man didn’t even give any …show more content…
As juror #4 said, “the storekeeper identified the knife and said it was the only one of its kind he had in stock. Why did the boy get it?” Juror # 4 is being unfairly just because the storekeeper said the knife its only kind. That does not mean he did it! For my concern there is no fingerprints has been taken to the lab and showing evidence about the boy supposedly he got the knife. Like juror #3 he said, “you pulled a real smart trick here, but you proved absolutely zero. Maybe there are ten knives like that, so what? I cannot believe how juror #3 is not thinking right! At least he has to give a chance to the boy instead of taking it so personal or in a very rude way. Juror # 3 shows so much irritation about the boys’ case. After all the jurors voted “not guilty”. Even though it took juror #3 to be the last to declare “not

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