The movie “12 Angry Men” focuses on a jury’s deliberations in a capital murder case. The jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old boy from the slums accused of stabbing and killing his father. If the boy is found guilty‚ he will be sentenced to death by electrocution. The case appears to be open and shut. The defendant has a weak alibi. A knife he claimed to have lost is the murder weapon found at the scene. Also‚ he claimed to be at the movies
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Daniella Portelada April 5‚ 2011 Susan Naide CJ 102 12 Angry Men Throughout my life I have been presented with opinionated questions to answer and a lot of the times I found it difficult to answer them without asking around a bit. Looking back on that I believe that is it impossible to remain truly impartial. You may start off with your own idea but one everyone else around you starts presenting their ides you may begin to change your mind. If it is something that someone believes in there is
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Many interesting principles discussed in social psychology are applicable to everyday situations‚ current events‚ and movies. Specifically‚ the movie “Twelve Angry Men”‚ written by Reginald Rose‚ is a 1957 drama that illustrates a prime example of groupthink and the probable effects it can have on a group’s decision-making. In this classic movie‚ twelve members of a jury are isolated in a conference room to debate the outcome of a murder trial involving a young man stabbing his father. From the first
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The setting of 12 Angry Men is a jury deliberation room where the jurors are and required to decide the guilt or innocence of an 18 year old that is accused of committing first-degree murder by stabbing his father with a switchblade knife. Witnesses were presented to give evidence of hearing a quarrel; hearing a threat to kill‚ and have seeing the boy run away. Another witness swore to having seen the boy stabbing his father from a window across from where the murder occurred. Eleven jurors were
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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 defendant as “a born liar”‚ “a common‚ ignorant slob”‚ “a danger” “real trash” and “violent… vicious [and] ignorant” amongst
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The movie 12 Angry Men was released in 1957. Its opening scene is in a courtroom where the judge is giving directions to the jury. An 18 year old boy has been accused of murdering his father with a knife. The death sentence is mandatory if the boy is convicted and the verdict must be unanimous‚ either guilty or not guilty. The remainder of the movie is set in a hot‚ stuffy jury room. An initial vote is taken and the count is 11 guilty and 1 not guilty. As the vote is taken it is clear that some jurors
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In the 1957 movie‚ 12 Angry Men shows the best representation of American jury system and how people change their minds. 12 Angry Men shows that personal feeling get in the way in their votes. The movie is about how 12 jurors decide the fate of young boy that persumed he killed his father‚ while during the initial vote only Juror 8 raised his hand not guilty. Then throughout the movie and script each of the 11 jurors for various reason change their votes to not guilty. The 12 jurors change their
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Twelve men meet in one room to discuss whether an eighteen-year-old boy is responsible for his father’s death. An initial vote was cast‚ where eleven men voted guilty and one juror voted not guilty. Ultimately‚ the jury decided that he was not guilty after deliberations. The twelve-person jury must decide if the boy is guilty or is there reasonable doubt to believe that he is not guilty. The jury must vote on guilty or not guilty. If there are disagreements‚ the jury must debate until they reach
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12 Angry Men Questions Shakil Mirza April‚ 20th 2012 1. Do you think that the jury in this movie came to the right decision? Why/why not? I think that the jury in this movie came to the wrong decision‚ because I feel that all throughout the deliberation the factual evidence did not have any reasonable doubt lingering above it‚ which was the complete opposite of the opinion of juror 8‚ and gradually everyone else. While there was factual evidence presented‚ juror 8 persuaded all the
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Individual who may have opposing beliefs often remain quiet and adopt to the groups opinion for the sake of conformity. (Cherry) Applications: 1. One setting in which groupthink occurs in the movie 12 Angry Men. The movie is about a jury who must reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty on a murder case. 11 out of the 12 jurors vote “guilty”‚ while one votes “not guilty.” The lonely juror proves his case‚ and slowly gains alliance. The more people that change the verdict to not guilty‚ an increase of stress
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