12 Angry Men Research Paper

Innocent until proven guilty means any person on trial is innocence until there is evidence to prove other wise.Most of American society feels that many people are quick to judge and are careless.I feel that every court trial is fair.However,I agree that a person is innocent until proven guilty Though some people may disagree because of their own personal reasons and prejudice feelings towards the case.One reason why a person should be innocent until proven guilty is because not all witnesses testify the truth or are not completely accurate.As seen in the film”Twelve Anger Men”.The testimony of the old man that lives in the same apartment building with the boy that’s on trail seems to be believable.The old man testified that he heard what
sounded like a fight coming from the boy’s apartment and heard the boy say “I'm going to kill you”.Also, the old man said he heard a body fall to the floor but how could he be so sure it was a body?When he made it to the door he saw the boy running down the stairs.As believable as hes testimony sounds,juror eight questions his accuracy.The old man has to drag his leg which the juror demonstrated how long it would take the old man to make it to the door.This demonstration proves that the old man couldn’t make it to the door in the time he testified.In addition, to this a woman that lives across the street testified that she saw from her window lying in bed that the boy stabbed his father while the last two trains carts were passing.Giving the amount of time it takes for the train to pass in the given point and the extemely loud noise the train would make the old man’s testimony couldnt be true.The womens testimony could be partly true because the women wears glasses so she couldnt see the father get stabbbed from her window while in bed.