1. When was the Bill of Rights written and ratified? December 15th‚ 1791. 2. Which amendment deals with trials and juries? Amendment 6 3. Find four (4) rights‚ which the Constitution guarantees every accused criminal. Explain each in your own words. Right to a speedy trial‚ freedom of speech‚ right to impartial jury and right to assistance of counsel in nontrial situations http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/JuryService/JurorQualificaitons.aspx 4. What qualifications does a juror need
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Juror Ten harbours strong bias towards people of low socioeconomic status and wealth‚ because of this he becomes one of the most fervent attackers of the defendant. He openly discriminates throughout the duration of the play‚ and makes no effort to disguise his bigotry. While in the beginning his passion for “smack[ing] them down” is tolerated by a number of the other men‚ ultimately his bias and stubbornness causes the group to reject him and his ill-informed ideas. The Tenth Juror refers to the
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unpopular opinions in this country. This is the reason I came here. I wanted to have the right to disagree. In my own country‚ I am ashamed to say-” -No. 11 (233) Reginald Rose uses his play‚ 12 Angry Men‚ to voice his personal views of democracy. The play is set in a 1950’s deliberation room where twelve men must decide on the guilt or innocence of an underprivileged boy accused of murdering his own father. The first vote reveals a resounding majority in favor of guilt‚ but‚ as the jurors take a closer
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The Power of Words: Conveyed in 12 Angry Men In all stories‚ plays‚ or works of literature‚ theme is a major component. Theme is the message that the author communicates to the audience‚ through the story. The most jutting theme conveyed by Reginald Rose in Twelve Angry Men is the power of words‚ and he portrays this best by the effects of the word choice of each juror‚ by using character foil in the way Juror 3 and Juror 8 present their reasons for taking their vote‚ and some verbal irony that
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12 Angry Men Analysis 12 Angry Men is a movie‚ directed by Sidney Lumet‚ about twelve jurors who are deliberating a murder trial. An 18 year old has been accused of murdering his father and the jury has retired to determine his fate. The jury performs a preliminary vote and the results came out to be eleven for guilty and one‚ the architect played by Henry Fonda‚ for not-guilty. The rest of the jury then begins to persuade the architect that the accused is actually guilty. Each member of
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12 Angry Men In the film 12 Angry Men‚ 12 male jurors decided the fate of an 18 year old boy on trial for murdering his abusive father. They boy was said to have been orphaned by his mother at a young age and sent to live in an orphanage until his father got out of prison. When he was sent to live with his father‚ he had a hard life and a rough childhood. It was known that his father would physically abuse him because one of the jurors pointed out that “ He would get a beating everyday‚ wouldn’t
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SOLUTION OBJECTIVES TEST 1 1 [Multiple Choice] Question The "ROM" in "CD-ROM" stands for: Answer 1) Random-Order Memory 2) Real-Object Memory -3) Read-Only Memory 4) Raster-Output Memory 5) Red-Orange Memory [Multiple Choice] Question At one time‚ the technology that brought the greatest amount of multimedia to the classroom was the: Answer 1) Beta videotape 2) DVD 3) SmartMedia card 4) Broadband connection -5) Laserdisc 2 3 [Multiple Choice] Question A browser is used to view: Answer
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The Jury Who Had To Use Thinking Skills In Twelve Angry Men‚ a young man is on trial for stabbing and killing his father. The movie focuses on twelve randomly selected citizens who are assigned the duty of determining the fate of this 19 year old man. The jury is supposed to examine certain facts and determine the truth based solely on the evidence presented to them in court. It is assumed that the jurors will judge fairly and without personal bias. Basically‚ the jurors need to use critical
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jurors show that it can be hard for everyone to keep calm and civil in a time such as the one the juror’s were going through. The twelve jurors all had different beliefs as to their verdict‚ different ideas and different behaviors. Having twelve men in a small‚ hot room for long periods of time is chaos in itself. There were different attitudes‚ some calm‚ mad‚ frustrated‚ angry‚ not caring. It was hard for all of them to remain calm and come to a verdict throughout the movie. An attitude as described
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Moral Foundations 12 Angry Men and Morality A moral person does what is right for the group or society as a whole‚ not what is just right for themselves or one other person at any given point in time. In 12 Angry Men the voice of moral reason is clearly Juror Number 8‚ who from the beginning is the only “Not Guilty” vote because he believes they should at least talk about the court case of the Puerto Rican boy before they send him ultimately to his death. Juror 8 had integrity; he realized
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