Juror Number 4 Analysis

Questions of fact that were brought up in the film often were in regards to the knife that was used as the murder weapon. An example of a question of fact was if the knife was one of a kind or not. That question was soon addressed when Juror #8 bought the same knife. There was also a question of fact when the old lady that witnessed to killing because she may not have had sufficient eyesight to see it. It was brought up since she said that she was in bed when she saw the killing and no one wears their glasses to bed this was brought up by Juror #9 and verified by Juror #4. Questions of prediction were brought to attention when the jury put to question the time it took for the old man to get from his room to the hall to see the boy run away this was brought up by Juror #8. This was a question of prediction since it discussed if something was …show more content…
Juror #4’s terms were this: take another hour to deliberate, and if we cannot reach a consensus we will put in a request for a hung jury so we can go home. Juror #4 used the idea of getting out of the jury room by a certain time as the reward if they all spent one more hour deliberating before requesting a hung jury. This is an example of reward power since Juror #4 was eventually able to influence the other jurors to take one more hour to deliberate, when most of them wanted to leave right then. Juror #4 used his reward power as a resource to ultimately have the jury take a few more minutes to discuss the case. In all, the final outcome of the case was due to Juror #4’s influence because he prompted Juror #9 to bring up one of the final inferences that made the rest of the men vote not guilty. In conclusion, Juror #4’s use of reward power was a massive influence to the jury because after he gave them the ultimatum, the jury soon all agreed that the boy was not