Jury Room In 12 Angry Men

Nelson Mandela once said that he believes “The death sentence is a barbaric act… It is the reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.” Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 and he always argued that the death penalty was an animal act. The death sentence was a large part of the play Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose. Although the jury room has been seen as one single aspect of a courtroom, there are really four elements that make the jury room.
The first element that works in a jury room is the evidence as remembered and interpreted by each individual juror. The way that one person views facts can be the complete opposite of how the next person views them. The importance of one piece of evidence can be significantly different from person to person. For example, after the 4th juror said, “ The boy admitted going out of his house at eight o'clock on the night of the murder after …show more content…
In the beginning of the play juror seven says “Y’know, it’s hot”(10). This statement made by juror seven shows that he does not want to stay in the jury room too long. He is quick to jump to conclusions and change his mind because he just wants to leave. He has places to be so he is easily persuaded to change his mind.
Twelve Angry Men was written to show what really happens in a jury room. The four aspects that make up the courtroom are very different, yet they all attribute to the overall motion of a jury. Everything said and unsaid, affects the life of the defendant. The decision of the jury is not something to be taken lightly, and it has the power to change someone's life. The jurors are what hold our judicial system together, and that is not a simple task. The complexity of the jury room is why it works so well. Nothing great can ever be