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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…

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    It’s a daunting place the courtroom, to think this is the same place that criminals get prosecuted, charged for committing murder, domestic violence, there all prosecuted here, so what does that make me? Am I nothing but a murderer or rapist. I walk into the courtroom, it’s airy, a layer of silence blankets the room, I walk pass Jase's mother, she stares me down, guilt rushes over my body. I know all too well what she thinks of me, and what Jase's situation would be like if I were just to come…

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    12 Angry Men Film Review If you are looking for a film that is heated, exciting, and exposes social justice, you might to watch the story of 12 Angry Men. This film is drama filled and will always keep you wondering what is going to happen next. I would recommend the film, 12 Angry Men, to viewers This film is excellent because of the strong use of character development, complex, but easy to follow plot, and proper use of film elements. The film revolves around 12 men serving on a jury to…

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    Jury Room In 12 Angry Men

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    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…

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    The play is set in a New York City Court of Law jury room. The play opens to the empty jury room, and the Judge’s voice is heard. The judge is giving a set of final instructions to the twelve jurors. It’s a murder case, the jurors have to find if the boy is guilty for the murder of his own father and that if it requires sentence for the defend to be death penalty. After all these instructions and all other things that jurors did taking a short break, complaint about the room it’s hot, without…

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    My favorite character in the movie was Juror number 8. He was my favorite because he was the one who convinced the others to believe that the boy was not guilty about his father’s death. All the other jurors' believed that the boy was guilty in the beginning of the movie, except number 8. Even though the others tried to convince number 8 that the boy was guilty, juror number 8 did not change his vote at all. He was a static character throughout the movie, while the others were dynamic characters…

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    Different juror’s have different and many personalities. In the play, “Twelve Angry Men” by Reginald Rose, there are twelve jurors discussing whether or not the victim that was accused for killing his father is guilty or innocent. They needed to have a unanimous decision. Juror 11 is a middle-aged german refugee from Europe, that then moved to a different country, America. In his country, he has experienced injustice and it wasn’t a great time back in the day, so he moved to America because of…

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    Have you every wanted to make a team, but don't catch that one ball or take a bad shot? Well if you have I would call that tough luck, and that's what I am going to tell you about. About a boy named Dutch Nordby who missed one shot to go to state. Well he still went to state just not going in as 1st. In these paragraphs I am going to tell you about one boys wrestling year. About his practices torments and state. First, The year began going to practice every week on Tuesday and Thursday…

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    12 Angry men The screenplay takes place in New York and was written by Reginald Rose. There is two versions of 12 Angry men, 1957 and 1997. The author’s intent of the screenplay is prejudice. It’s a prejudice screenplay because in the 1957 version there was only 12 white jurors and out of the 11 men they chose guilty and one juror chose not guilty. This shows that people can have a different perspective of how they see the things. In the 1997 version there were different races like the boy that…

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    person to face difficulty or danger without fear. However, true courage depends on the eyes of the beholder. Courage is many things. Slyly embodied in both reticent and vital characters, Harper Lee in To Kill a Mockingbird and Reginald Rose in 12 Angry Men both create a broad representation of courage. In both works of literature, the idea of courage that is being conveyed is the ability to do something that one knows is right or gracious, even though it is extremely difficult. Courage is not…

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