“...It's a crash course in those passages of the Constitution that promise defendants a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. "12 Angry Men" never states whether the defendant is innocent or guilty. It is about whether the jury has a reasonable doubt about his guilt.’” quoted by, well known critic Roger Ebert. The whole concept of Reasonable Doubt is that you should not vote guilty if there is any "reasonable doubt", no matter how sure other jurors are. In the book 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, one of the many themes is reasonable doubt. Reginald Rose uses reasonable doubt that is often portrayed in many real life juries mostly because of facts or opinions and consideration. In the play "Twelve Angry Men", Juror number Eight, is standing
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To be questioned, and listened to, and quoted just once.” (page 37) This quote is an important quote from the book because of the events that happen after this quote. The old man wanting attention in this case, created an exaggeration of his testimony. Juror number eight pointed out the error in this by re enacting how the man told his “story”. All of the jurors were taking part in deciding whether this old man was right or wrong. The old mans disability to walk, him recalling seeing the boy could be not true, therefore doubting his reasons of conviction and the question of doubt in all of the jurors minds, this caused all the jurors to pay close attention to the other witnesses testimonies. Also this connected to how the old man heard the boy yell, “I’m going to kill you” at the same time when a woman saw a body fall. This raised many questions whether this is correct or incorrect and proving if it would be possible with the passing el train. Juror 8 than proved that it wasn't possible with the loud noise of the el train and also the yelling of “kill you” out in the open where everyone could hear. This quote was the beginning of a domino effect of reasonable doubt in the
To be questioned, and listened to, and quoted just once.” (page 37) This quote is an important quote from the book because of the events that happen after this quote. The old man wanting attention in this case, created an exaggeration of his testimony. Juror number eight pointed out the error in this by re enacting how the man told his “story”. All of the jurors were taking part in deciding whether this old man was right or wrong. The old mans disability to walk, him recalling seeing the boy could be not true, therefore doubting his reasons of conviction and the question of doubt in all of the jurors minds, this caused all the jurors to pay close attention to the other witnesses testimonies. Also this connected to how the old man heard the boy yell, “I’m going to kill you” at the same time when a woman saw a body fall. This raised many questions whether this is correct or incorrect and proving if it would be possible with the passing el train. Juror 8 than proved that it wasn't possible with the loud noise of the el train and also the yelling of “kill you” out in the open where everyone could hear. This quote was the beginning of a domino effect of reasonable doubt in the