Hung jury

The movie, 12 Angry Men is about twelve white men deciding the jail sentence of an 18-year old boy who has allegedly committed murder by killing his father. If the men do decide the boy is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt then the boy will be sent to an electric chair for a death sentence. In the very few scenes of the movie all the jurors are summoned into one room and standing towards the door. Juror number 1, also known as the foreman is the leader of the deliberation. He tells everyone to…

What if you were on trial for first degree murder? In the movie 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, a young eighteen year old male was on trial for supposedly murdering his own father. The twelve men on the jury were faced with different opinions and facts that questioned their morals and values in life. I feel as if this movie did have “worth” in my life. I think the movie had worth because no one should ever be stereotyped, judged, and accused based on what other people say. I feel strongly about…

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…

A jury of twelve men are locked in a deliberation room where they decide the verdict of the young man, a guilty verdict would result in the death penalty. All evidence is against the young man and eleven jurors believe that the young man is guilty, however…

The play that I was reading was called “Twelve Angry Men”, it is written by Reginald Rose. There are two acts in the play. In Act 1 the 12 jurors are in the jury room about to decide whether the 16 year old man who killed his father is guilty or not-guilty. A few minutes later everyone in the room gathered together around the foreman and started the voting. The eleven jurors voted that the boy is guilty but there was only one person who voted not-guilty. Because of this the jurors had to discuss…

Miranda rights (The right to counsel and remain silent). Furthermore, once put in front of the court the Grand Jury must weigh evidence to determine the amount of bail making sure it is not excessive. Additionally, the trial must happen within a reasonable amount of time. The accused has the right to have a bench trial or a grand jury trial. The trial must be Speedy and public with an impartial jury. There must be no self-incrimination. Keep in mind the accused is innocent…

CHECKS AND BALANCES The criminal justice system is comprised of individual components which play a part in the process of justice. Each of the different branches of the United States government, the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, all provide a series of checks and balances meant to keep any one branch from gaining too much power over the accused (Aberle, 2014). All three of these branches work in conjunction to provide the accused an opportunity for the fair application of the justice…

defendant is represented by a criminal lawyer. Only two percent of criminal cases are disposed of by jury trials (Bohm & Haley, 2012). Before a trial formally begins, attorneys can file pretrial motions. A motion is a request to the judge for a particular action. Motions to obtain prosecutorial evidence or suppress evidence are most common. In the case of a jury trial, the members of the jury are sworn in. The court clerk will read the criminal complaint. At this point, the…

Jury Selection jury is made up of (typically but not always) 12 jurors, also there are some on standby. Potential jurors are ordered to the court, and have already gone through the first part of pooling. The jurors also will fill out a test which was made in advance, and has questions submitted by both sides of the case. They use this test, in order to gauge how a juror will feel and vote. Both of the sides in a case can excuse any juror (with reason), also each has a number of peremptory…

called the police, it shocked the whole community including the police department because of his age and being inducted in to a gang. The DA charged the two men with aggravated mayhem that carried a life sentence. The whole situation was brought upon a jury because the child was a minor they wanted to convict Gonzalez and Gorman. The defense lawyer…