The Juror

The film Twelve Angry Men starts with associate eighteen year recent child from the ghetto United Nations agency is unproved for the putting to death of his injurious father. A jury of twelve men is secured within the thought house to decide on the destiny of the young man. All confirmation is against the child and a liable call would send him to kick the bucket within the hot seat. This decide illuminates the attendants that they're confronted with a grave alternative which the court wouldn't…

Twelve Angry Men “It's not so easy for me to raise my hand and send the boy off to die. Without talking about it first.”(Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.) If someone's life is in your hands how would you react? Would you take the situation seriously?The Twelve Angry Men will give you an insight of how being on a jury really is like. Many may think that it's not that hard to agree on something , but the fact is that it can be very difficult. Let's discuss how one man's life was in the…

succo / Pixabay The American legal system has long depended upon the lowly juror to effectuate justice within its system. The juror is the fact-finder in most civil criminal matters in a court of law in the United States. The juror decides which set of presented facts represents the best truth, and how to mete out justice based on those findings. And although we do not think about it often, as a fact-finder, the juror is pivotal in protecting society from abuse by corporate and governmental…

What’s The Author's Purpose? A jury of a dozen men all come together to come to a conclusion of guilty or not guilty, but someone is always not on the same page as the others what do you do? Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose is an example of what happens in a jury. I think Rose’s purpose of writing this is to entertain us, the readers and I also believe he was once in the jury himself and he wanted to show his experience. In Rose 1 they voted eleven to one NO.8 voted not guilty and the others…

From watching 12 Angry Men, it raises the question of what are the factors that influence the choices we make and the actions we take? 12 Angry Men was about a trial of an 18 year old boy who was accused murdering his father. He was accused of stabbing his father in the chest with a pocket knife. The judge commanded that the jury needs to come up with a decision as to whether or not the verdict (the boy) was guilty or not. If the jury pleaded guilty, the boy would face the death penalty. At…

A jurors duty is to decide on the outcome based on the facts and the law. However often times that is not the case. A lot of times a jurors’ have different backgrounds and experiences than others that can create biases that affect the victim's case (EJUSA). I saw this almost happen in the movie A time to Kill. In the Movie…

Throughout the novel Juror 3 is aggressive and hostile towards the other jurors and the case. His aggression goes deeper than the case, and is stimulated by prejudice. Rose intends for Juror 3 to fuel on the discussion and evidence of the case by using his prejudice. Early on in the play we become aware that this is because of Juror 3's non-existent relationship with his son. At the start of the play Juror 3 holds a photo of his son and sadly says 'Kids... work your heart out...' referring to…

audience by utilizing compound sentences. Juror 8 is the only juror to have original reasonable doubt, so he faces a difficult…

A jury is a group of citizens, normally consisting of between 4-15 jurors who are randomly selected and are accordingly given the ability to make decisions in a legal case submitted to them to pass on a verdict. A juror is an individual citizen part of the jury. Jurors are normally made to attend to hear cases in the Coroner, District and Supreme Courts. They must settle on the facts before them and determine civil or criminal matters. They are the lone judges of the validity of the witnesses…

The formation of the group is more in task orientation which all twelve jurors have common goal to be achieved. In the movie, the jurors are choice based on difference background and experience and the reason for the teams form is to fulfil his civic duty and social responsibility. The jurors have no relationships between each and other and they will not retain any relationship after the trial. It clearly show the negotiation process is a one off with served the short term purpose. The…