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Juror # 8: A Criminal Case Study
If I was the 18 year old being convicted I would have not liked Juror #8 to use actual evidence and ethical judgement because the evidence provided makes it seem like I did it. For example, the knife provided and the witness would be a major weapon to find me guilty or not. On the other hand, I would have not chosen another juror to make the final decision on my conviction because the others jumped the conclusions too quick and did not think it through how juror #8 did. He looked at every detail and looked at it in different point of views. I think I have a closer connection to juror #8 because I also thought about the 18 year old being convicted and showed he cared about him while all the other jurors did not. I would say juror #3 used assumptions

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