Case Study 12 Angry Men
Case Study 12 Angry Men
PROC 5840 Negotiations
KaShawna M. Davis
Brief list of the major case issues that are instrumental in deciding the jury conclusion.
Below I have defined the major case issues that are instrumental in deciding the jury:
The defendant left his house at 8:00 P.M. after being “punched” several times by his father.
The defendant went to a neighborhood “junk shop” and bought a switchblade knife with a “very unusual carved handle and blade.”
The defendant met some friends in front of a tavern about 8:45 that night and talked with them for almost an hour.
The defendant’s friends described the “death weapon” in court as the “very same knife” that the defendant had that night.
The defendant arrived home around 10:00 P.M. The defendant said that he went to a movie at about 11:30 P.M., returning home at 3:10 in the morning “to find his father dead and himself arrested.”
The defendant claimed that the knife fell through a hole in his pocket on the way to the movies and that he never saw it again.
No one saw him go out of the house, or at the theatre, nor could the defendant recall the names of the movies he saw.
An old man living beneath the boy and his father testified that he heard upstairs a fight, the boy shouts, “I’m gonna kill you,” a body hitting the ground, and then the old man said he saw the boy running down the stairs.
Another witness, a woman living across the street took the stand and testified that she saw the boy kill his father through the window of a passing elevated train.
In conclusion, the boy has a broad list of prior offenses, including attempting to cut another teenager with a knife.
Jury Member No. 8, Character played by Henry Fonda. Address the following three (3) questions in a minimum of six (6) pages: a) how would you describe his negotiations approach? b) There are at least forty (40) Negotiations techniques defined and discussed in the course text. Please identify at least ten (10) that
PROC 5840 Negotiations
KaShawna M. Davis
Brief list of the major case issues that are instrumental in deciding the jury conclusion.
Below I have defined the major case issues that are instrumental in deciding the jury:
The defendant left his house at 8:00 P.M. after being “punched” several times by his father.
The defendant went to a neighborhood “junk shop” and bought a switchblade knife with a “very unusual carved handle and blade.”
The defendant met some friends in front of a tavern about 8:45 that night and talked with them for almost an hour.
The defendant’s friends described the “death weapon” in court as the “very same knife” that the defendant had that night.
The defendant arrived home around 10:00 P.M. The defendant said that he went to a movie at about 11:30 P.M., returning home at 3:10 in the morning “to find his father dead and himself arrested.”
The defendant claimed that the knife fell through a hole in his pocket on the way to the movies and that he never saw it again.
No one saw him go out of the house, or at the theatre, nor could the defendant recall the names of the movies he saw.
An old man living beneath the boy and his father testified that he heard upstairs a fight, the boy shouts, “I’m gonna kill you,” a body hitting the ground, and then the old man said he saw the boy running down the stairs.
Another witness, a woman living across the street took the stand and testified that she saw the boy kill his father through the window of a passing elevated train.
In conclusion, the boy has a broad list of prior offenses, including attempting to cut another teenager with a knife.
Jury Member No. 8, Character played by Henry Fonda. Address the following three (3) questions in a minimum of six (6) pages: a) how would you describe his negotiations approach? b) There are at least forty (40) Negotiations techniques defined and discussed in the course text. Please identify at least ten (10) that
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