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12 Angry Men was originally a play written in 1954 by Reginald Rose and was later adapted into a movie in 1957 starring Henry Fonda in 1957. The story opens on a jury that is already in the middle of deliberating a case involving a 19 year old teenage boy that is accused of killing his father with a switchblade. If the jury does not rule in his favor, he must face the electric chair. The judge has instructed the jury that a mandatory death penalty will follow a guilty verdict. All 12 jurors must vote unanimously.
There are twelve all white, male jurors. They are placed in a small, hot room after spending four days listening to testimony during the murder trial. None of these men can relate to the defendant due to their own personal biases. Throughout the story, they address each other based on their jury numbers.
As the story unfolds, we see the jurors are very agitated. It is an uncomfortable situation. They are all worn by the six day trial and all but one of them is ready to give a guilty verdict. It is the height of the summer in New York city, where summers are particularly hot and humid. They sit in a small room without much air and the majority is ready to decide and move on with their lives.
The jurors bring their own personal experiences and biases to the table which make coming to a unanimous decision very difficult. To most, the evidence appears to be overwhelming. But a closer inspection of the evidence gets way to reasonable doubt.
According to witness testimony, they heard the father and son arguing. During that argument, someone heard the son threatened to kill his father. The pocket knife that killed the father was similar to the one they found in the teenagers possession. The facts seem to all line up and the majority of the jurors are ready to make a unanimous guilty verdict.
As we become familiar with the jurors, we begin to realize that their anger, fear, bias philosophies and cultural ignorance may hinder them from making a fair and just decision on the verdict of the case. But there is one particular juror that stands up for the defendant, ultimately standing up for justice. He is known as juror number 8.
The first vote among the jurors does not have a favorable result for the defendant. Eleven vote guilty. But juror number 8 stands his ground that the evidence is not strong enough to lead to a guilty verdict. And slowly he convinces the others to change their vote.
12 Angry Men examines the American Justice system through the narrow views of jurors that are a cross section of our society. But the persistence of one man who stood up for a fair and just system ultimately saved a life. This story is a thought provoking account of the racial and legal injustices faced by those marginalized by a system that is not always fair and just.
There are twelve all white, male jurors. They are placed in a small, hot room after spending four days listening to testimony during the murder trial. None of these men can relate to the defendant due to their own personal biases. Throughout the story, they address each other based on their jury numbers.
As the story unfolds, we see the jurors are very agitated. It is an uncomfortable situation. They are all worn by the six day trial and all but one of them is ready to give a guilty verdict. It is the height of the summer in New York city, where summers are particularly hot and humid. They sit in a small room without much air and the majority is ready to decide and move on with their lives.
The jurors bring their own personal experiences and biases to the table which make coming to a unanimous decision very difficult. To most, the evidence appears to be overwhelming. But a closer inspection of the evidence gets way to reasonable doubt.
According to witness testimony, they heard the father and son arguing. During that argument, someone heard the son threatened to kill his father. The pocket knife that killed the father was similar to the one they found in the teenagers possession. The facts seem to all line up and the majority of the jurors are ready to make a unanimous guilty verdict.
As we become familiar with the jurors, we begin to realize that their anger, fear, bias philosophies and cultural ignorance may hinder them from making a fair and just decision on the verdict of the case. But there is one particular juror that stands up for the defendant, ultimately standing up for justice. He is known as juror number 8.
The first vote among the jurors does not have a favorable result for the defendant. Eleven vote guilty. But juror number 8 stands his ground that the evidence is not strong enough to lead to a guilty verdict. And slowly he convinces the others to change their vote.
12 Angry Men examines the American Justice system through the narrow views of jurors that are a cross section of our society. But the persistence of one man who stood up for a fair and just system ultimately saved a life. This story is a thought provoking account of the racial and legal injustices faced by those marginalized by a system that is not always fair and just.
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