Jury Themes

Finally, Juror 8 had a huge impact on this story. Juror 8 was very insightful with his opinions and evidence. He gave himself the ability to change the minds of eleven men and save the innocent life of one. Juror 8 was the only man out of 12 who decided to look deeply into the murder case and find little pieces of evidence that everyone else seemed to miss and used that to prove his points. For example, no one would have thought about how the woman who claimed she saw the murder from across the street may have not had perfect vision. Juror 8 found little details to prove that, like how she had marks from her glasses and may not have been wearing them when she looked outside. Not even the lawyers had thought about that and most little things like that were why the young boy was almost sent to his death. Juror 8 was a true hero and stood up to his own opinion and points even when others didn’t agree with him.

Majority of the jury was not representative of the defendant’s peers. Most of them wanted to quickly vote guilty and punish the defendant. There were many exaggerations. Biases included where the defendant grew up, what race he was, and his age. In reality, a jury does their best to prove if the defendant is guilty or not because they are handing an individual’s life. There are biases in reality, but those are ruled out when picking out a jury. An example of groupthink in the film included when one juror, specifically the one who had a son, pressured everyone else to choose the verdict of guilty. He would ridicule those who did not agree with him. Another example of groupthink was when juror #8 threatened the juror with a son. He caused that

Throughout the film, the audience becomes familiar with each of the jurors and is quickly introduced to topics at issue such as discrimination, iniquitous motives, and concerns about the American judicial system. As the twelve jurors deliberate to reach a verdict, the film epitomizes the validation and condemnation of the American justice system. There are many responsibilities of a jury: to achieve fair and impartial decision, determine guilt or not guilt, give people voice in the government, and to protect the

In the movie 12 angry men, they show us how our rights are being used in the court of law. The movie is about an 18-year-old boy who is being accused of stabbing his father with a knife, which means he is getting charged with murder and is being punished by the death penalty if proven guilty. The movie is mostly about the 12 jurors and about them discussing if the boy is innocent or guilty. It also shows them practicing our rights that are stated in the constitution.

In a deadly and morose short story by Edgar Allen Poe, “Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor leads Fortunato to his death through the bribe of a pipe of amontillado, a rare find during the height of carnival. Wine is very important to many traditions and cultures still today, and the winemaking process is considered by many to be a form of art (Stein 149-163). This beverage is produced through a complex, but structured, process broken down into several distinct steps that are affected by many variables, such as climate and location, tradition, and techniques evolved throughout human history. Most important to the process is the vine and the grape themselves. Without quality vines or grapes, the wine will suffer. The vineyard the wine is grown in and the environment it is immersed in is also extremely important to the grapes and vines, affecting many aspects of the wine. The grapes also contain tannins, a compound that contributes to the wine’s mouthfeel and flavor. The process by which the wine is produced is the final factor that decides whether a wine will be sought after or not. Tied in with this is the history, culture, world market, and traditions, which usually decides what wine will be produced in a location.

I enjoyed this film because it has a real story behind it and is something I

At first, I was certain that it was not justice served in the case, but I had to attend for more information as in the article wasn’t all the details around this compelling case, and my opinion changed completely. I found the whole history in the New York Magazines. In this article, is seen the defendant guilty because he lied in their testimonies more than once, and when someone lies to us, we believe that he might do something wrong instead of that he might be nervous or afraid that everyone thinks something that it wasn’t true. Nevertheless, it was not enough evidence and non-witnesses that collaborate their history, and the jury was overwhelmed because the state took their freedom for four days, they only want to get home. On the other

Jury members play an important role in our American criminal justice system. Many criminal cases never make it to trial because plea agreements are arranged. The cases that do go to a trial are normally serious cases such as first degree murder, manslaughter, etc., which could either put someone in prison for a long time or even invoke the death penalty. Jury members have the ability to determine whether someone lives or dies. If someone has that much ability, it’s important that the jury members are picked wisely. The jury members should be unbiased and there should be diversity within the jury pool. The selection of jury pool has been an issue within the criminal just system, mainly because of the discrimination that takes place. One of the facts about jury discrimination that is largely undisputed is “the all-white jury has been a staple of the American criminal justice system for most of our history” (Delone, Spohin, &Walker, 2012). I agree, that the all-white jury has been a staple of the American criminal justice system for most of our history.

This movie as other people say shows a lot of leadership traits. But I can say that the most evident trait that I’ve seen on the movie and the most that I can relate to is the sense that even if juror number eight doesn’t hold the title of being the leader of the group and knowing that he’s surrounded by different people with different perspectives, he have still managed to convince them to go through a common goal and that is to re-examine the case. It’s actually hard but he succeeded with it by displaying a task oriented approach of having the idea of the youth being not guilty. After that, he then started in presenting his thoughts to his co-jurors in a very calm manner even if it seems that they are upset with him. Then he walked little by little with each and every one until he’s able to convince all of them to change their judgment from

Twelve Angry Men is about a jury who must decide the fate of an 18 year old boy who allegedly killed his father. The jury must determine a verdict of guilty beyond any reasonable doubt and not guilty. A guilty verdict would mean that the accused would receive the death penalty. After a day of deliberation and many votes, they came up with the verdict of not guilty. I believe they achieved their overall goal of coming up with a verdict they were all able to agree with. It seems there were some individual personal short term goals that were not met. One being that the one juror was not able to go to the baseball game. Another was that a juror was not able to take out the anger he had towards his son on the son accused of killing his

in the jury room: Juror 8, Juror 3 and Juror 9. Juror 8 is important because he is smart, brave, and fair. Juror 3 was important because he was the antagonist, he was mean, and he was intolerant. Juror 9 was important because he wasn�t afraid of confronting other jurors. Juror 8 was a very important juror, he was the protagonist. He was the one that proved the truth. Juror 8 was very smart, he bought a knife similar to

The movie depicted an extremely impactful event in history to not just millions of South Africans, but also many people around the world. Many people including Mandela had went through a lot of pain and misery in order to end the Apartheid. His struggle did not go without change, Mandela describes his journey as a “Long Walk to Freedom,” which shows that even though it was long, he still got to where he wanted to be after all. He finally accomplished his purpose and goal in life. I chose this movie because I remember how many people were affected by his death and saw him on the news a lot for a while, but I never knew why he was such a respected man. I knew about the Apartheid, but I did not know what role he played in it. After viewing the movie and seeing the obstacles he overcame and the hardship he endured, I was able to understand why so many people looked up to him. Mandela’s story should be something people are educated about because he played a significant part in changing history and making the world a better place by spreading peace and creating an equal

At first glance the movie Jumanji might seem far off and like surreal scenario. But getting to its core you will most likely see that it’s based upon everyday subjects and people. Only suddenly put in extreme situations. Jumanji is a tale of friendship, treachery and finding peace. Much like other popular culture pieces and neither less to say life itself.

Even though the country was continuing to flourish, minorities and women were treated as unfit to be citizens. Times were oppressive for those individuals who just wanted to be equal. Several movements spawn from this prejudice era. One of the main movements commonly talked about would be the feminist movement. As society progressed a foundation was put in place that often left out the rights of women. Feelings of unfairness fueled the fire, pushing women activist to fight for their rights such as voting, fair wages, sexuality, and equality. Women felt that men were the cause of their suffrage. Placing a negative connotation on the masculine role as a whole.

* 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. They now needed to illustrate the pros and cons of both guilty and non-guilty parties.