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    judge commanded that the jury needs to come up with a decision as to whether or not the verdict (the boy) was guilty or not. If the jury pleaded guilty‚ the boy would face the death penalty. At first everyone but one person pleaded guilty. As the movie progressed‚ more and more of the jury were convinced that the boy was not guilty and eventually the jury decided that the boy was not guilty. To come up with this conclusion‚ the jury was not able to come up with

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    Adventure of the Speckled Band” Essay Sherlock Holmes was not guilty of killing Dr. Roylott in the story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.” The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was not guilty of killing Doctor Roylott because Sherlock Holmes was acting out of self-defense. Addionially Doctor Roylott was guilty of premeditated murder. Another reason Sherlock Holmes was not guilty of killing Doctor Roylott is because Sherlock Holmes could

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    opinion about his decision of not guilty or guilty. He relies on other to state their opinions so he can fly under the radar and listen and not participate. This also plays into what he thinks about his position as foreman. He feels as foreman he shouldn’t have a concise clear opinion he is just there to serve as facilitator. Juror #2 Juror number two uses Intelligent Confusion. He uses this when juror number one asks why everyone decided upon guilty or not guilty. He says I don’t know I need to

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    in at least one of the three types of conflict. Beginning with juror number eight‚ the first man to vote not guilty in the case‚ he was the first to start a conflict. Davis‚ as he was identified at the end of the film‚ was the first to disagree with the other jurors’ vote of guilty and started a simple conflict. The elderly old man and the ninth juror was the second to vote not guilty. The fifth juror was a younger man and he was also engaged in simple conflict with the rest of the jury. Juror

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    authoritarian‚ etc.) * When the 12 person jury meets in the room to vote on a guilty or non-guilty verdict‚ the method used to vote was 1st based on a majority decision-making process where those would raise their hands for guilty and a non-guilty verdict. Once the results were in and 11 voted guilty and 1 voting not guilty. Based on the movie‚ 11 members of the jury voted guilty while 1 juror voted non-guilty. The 1 non-guilty‚ disrupted the dynamics of everyone else’s vote; which leads to a major conflict

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    to be almost irrelevant. At the beginning of the play the vote was 11-1 in favour of guilty but the 8th Juror convinces the others to have another vote. As the play progresses more and more jurors being to change their vote and by the end of the play the vote was 11-1 in favour of ‘not guilty.’ The defendant does get a fair trial because throughout the play there was enough “reasonable doubt” for him to be guilty. The 10th juror had no intentions on giving the defendant a ‘fair trial’ and just wanted

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    In the case of The State of New York vs. Steve Harmon the examination of flashbacks‚ journal entries‚ and tried testimony’s proves that Steve Harmon is guilty in the robbery and felony murder of Mr. Nesbitt. During the testimony of Sawicki‚ the prosecutor asks him if Steve attended film club on the afternoon of December 22nd Sawicki responds with‚ “No‚ he did not”. Steve not going to film club on the day of the robbery brings up suspicion‚ the Jury can imply that he goes to film club all the time

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    know right from wrong. Rational and guilty- Rational and guilty is when an individual fully understands right from wrong and is guilty. Guilty but insane- Guilty but insane is when the person is insane but is thought to know right from wrong in the situation so they are guilty. Not guilty by reason of insanity- Not guilty by reason of insanity means the person cannot be guilty because they do not know right from wrong. I would rule that he is Guilty but insane because he committed the murder

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    rebuff guilty parties secure the general population change a guilty party’s conduct guarantee guilty parties do something to compensate for their wrong doing decrease wrong doing later on At the point when officers or judges force a sentence on somebody discovered blameworthy of a wrongdoing‚ they will consider: the sort of wrongdoing and how genuine it is the law and sentencing rules in the event that the guilty party concedes their blame the guilty party’s criminal history the guilty party’s

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    print. To get a lesser sentence he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Now instead of being sent to a Juvenile Detention Center he has to serve probation for a year and the charge will be expunged when he turns eighteen. A few months later after this boy pleads guilty new evidence was released proving his innocence. Although proof of his innocence arose he still had to serve probation because he had already pleaded guilty. This process of pleading guilty to a lesser charge to get out of a more severe

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