official charges are read and the suspect is asked how they plea. 7) Plea i. Suspect has three choices on how they will plea. a) Guilty (possible plea bargain) b) Not guilty (case goes to trial) c) Nolo Contendere (no contest and possible plea bargain) 8) Pretrial i. If a “not guilty” plea is presented by the defendant. a) Defendant request a jury trial b) Jury selection begins c) Evidence issues
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the twelve jury members believe the leading suspect to be guilty‚ relying heavily on stereotypical views of the slums to support their verdicts. Henry Fondra is the only jury member who is not completely certain about the suspect being guilty‚ or so it seems. As the movie commences‚ the eleven men demonstrate several indicators of groupthink as they bond together and work towards convincing Henry Fondra that the suspect is‚ in fact‚ guilty. Groupthink can be defined as the “mode of thinking that
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty Some individuals say people are innocent until proven guilty. This is not the case for everybody. For example‚ in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird there are two characters‚ Tom Robinson and Boo Radley who are thought of badly by some of the people because they are different than the norm. Due to the fact that Boo and Tom are different then the rest‚ people tend to jump to conclusions. They assume that they are guilty before they are proven guilty. Tom Robinson‚ an African-American
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duty to separate fact from fiction you find the defendant guilty‚ the bench will not entertain mercy‚ bare in mind he could face the death sentence" As the jury members entered that jury room to decide the fate of the accused‚ many of the jury members talk about other subjects rather than the trail itself. One talks about the baseball‚ others talk about their careers. As the Jury were‚ delivering their verdict‚ all but one returned a guilty response. It is apparent that most of the jury members have
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the boy is guilty without really having to have the other jurors persuade him to think that he is. Throughout the movie though‚ when each of the jurors one by one decide to join Henry Fonda’s side of not being guilty‚ he is still stuck in his ways and disregards the facts that help make the boy innocent. I think the reason that he is stubborn and sticks by his decision is both because he doesn’t want to look foolish that he made the wrong decision because he was so sure the boy was guilty and for the
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is not guilty by reason of insanity is in most states the Model Penal Code and it states‚ “A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he [or she] lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality/wrongfulness
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jury convicts Tom Robinson guilty of raping Mayella Ewell. The details of Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell are very vague and do not show enough evidence that Mayella Ewell was raped. When the jury of all Caucasian men decide to vote if Tom Robinson is guilty or not‚ they all vote guilty only because Tom Robinson is black. “I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: Guilty…Guilty…Guilty…Pg 211”‚ this quote shows that the jury did vote Tom Robinson 100% guilty. Another quote from the book
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look favourably to strong evidence that will end the trial. Any discord could convince other jurors to change their mind and shift the group dynamics. These jurors want to end the trial fast and give the judge the most obvious verdict. Which is "Guilty." However‚ the #8 juror opposes to the so called obvious verdict‚ so the others get upset and angry. This also triggers their wanting to have a reasonable answer to their discomfort. They continously show disrespect to the #8 juror redirecting the
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with contrasting views. After hearing‚ the case the jurors go into deliberations. Eleven of the 12 are convinced that the boy murdered his father. However‚ Juror # 8 a caring man‚ who wishes to talk about why the other jurors think that the boy is guilty‚ clashes with Juror # 3‚ a sadistic man who would pull the switch himself to end the boys life. Early on‚ it’s not revealed why #3 feels so strongly about putting the boy to death. He is just so dead set on killing him though. But because of Juror
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man‚ Capt. Preston‚ to be not guilty of murder at any degree. He did not actually murder anyone because he did not have a gun during the Boston massacre‚ making it impossible for Preston to actually kill another man. There was also no disputable evidence that Capt. Preston ordered his men to shoot. After all‚ the eight men were provoked to shoot without command to do so. After this whole case‚ and a lot of thought‚ I find each of the eight British soldiers guilty of voluntary manslaughter. They
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