Twelve Angry Men
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The following play was written for television in 1957. The play was written by Reginald Rose and depicts a story about twelve jurors trying to determine if a young boy is found guilty of killing his father. The play starts out in the courtroom where the judge is giving instructions to the jurors on the murder case. It is stated that if the young man is found guilty, he will be charged with a mandatory sentence of the death penalty. It is now up to the twelve men to determine if this young man should be sentenced to death. The twelve men then file into the jury room and sit in exact order as given in court. They proceed to take a vote by stating whether they think the individual is guilty of committing murder. Starting with Juror # 1 and continuing around the table, all twelve jurors except for juror # 8 state the defendant is guilty of murdering his father. Do to the fact that not all jurors found the defendant guilty forced them to discuss the case in details. The eleven men become angry and rise their voices as juror # 8 does not agreed that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. They then proceed to go around the table again trying to convince juror # 8 that the defendant is guilty. This does not change the mind of juror # 8. Throughout the twelve jurors discussion we learn the facts of the case. We learn that there are two important witnesses to the case that state that they either heard the murder take place or that they witnessed the boy kill his father. However the boy claims that he was at the movies when his father was killed. The jurors struggle to believe him as no one can verify that he was at the movies or can the boy remember what movie or characters where in the movie he saw that night. Therefore, this makes the defendants case harder to believe. Eventually juror # 8 persuades all eleven jurors that there is a doubt that the boy did not kill his father and therefore should not be sentenced to death. This was a
The following play was written for television in 1957. The play was written by Reginald Rose and depicts a story about twelve jurors trying to determine if a young boy is found guilty of killing his father. The play starts out in the courtroom where the judge is giving instructions to the jurors on the murder case. It is stated that if the young man is found guilty, he will be charged with a mandatory sentence of the death penalty. It is now up to the twelve men to determine if this young man should be sentenced to death. The twelve men then file into the jury room and sit in exact order as given in court. They proceed to take a vote by stating whether they think the individual is guilty of committing murder. Starting with Juror # 1 and continuing around the table, all twelve jurors except for juror # 8 state the defendant is guilty of murdering his father. Do to the fact that not all jurors found the defendant guilty forced them to discuss the case in details. The eleven men become angry and rise their voices as juror # 8 does not agreed that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. They then proceed to go around the table again trying to convince juror # 8 that the defendant is guilty. This does not change the mind of juror # 8. Throughout the twelve jurors discussion we learn the facts of the case. We learn that there are two important witnesses to the case that state that they either heard the murder take place or that they witnessed the boy kill his father. However the boy claims that he was at the movies when his father was killed. The jurors struggle to believe him as no one can verify that he was at the movies or can the boy remember what movie or characters where in the movie he saw that night. Therefore, this makes the defendants case harder to believe. Eventually juror # 8 persuades all eleven jurors that there is a doubt that the boy did not kill his father and therefore should not be sentenced to death. This was a
Bibliography: Keyton, J. (2006). Communicating in groups. (3rd ed., p. 73,133,167, 178, 179). New York: Oxford. Rose, R. (Writer), & Lumet S. and Friedkin W. (Directors)(1957). twelve angry men.