Twelve Angry Men

Twelve Angry Men

"Twelve Angry Men" was about twelve men on jury duty. They had to decide whether this Hispanic boy was guilty of murdering his father. When the twelve men first voted, every one of them except juror #8 all voted the boy guilty. To be able to convict the boy they had to have a 12-0 vote. Since the vote was 11-1, they had to argue and try to sway people's decision to get the vote to 12-0. Juror #8 voted not guilty not because he felt the boy was innocent but he knew the boy was not guilty. He wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt.

When juror #8 asked the rest of the jurors why they felt the boy was guilty, none of them had a real answer. Most of them just said he is guilty, I don't have to give a reason why. Most of the men just wanted to get this over with. There was so much social loafing going on in this movie. Every single person has his or her own opinion on a matter. All of these jurors had their own opinion on whether the boy was guilty or not. No one wanted to argue about it so they just all agreed that the boy was guilty. They let juror #3 and #10 do all of the talking and arguing with juror #8. These men were racial, that was just how a lot of them grew up. So because the boy was Hispanic that was one reason for why he was guilty. Juror #10 would refer to non-whites as "they" and "them". He said, "That's why they do."

As the movie goes on, juror #8 starts to get other jurors to agree with him. In the trial, someone brought up the fact that the man was a good 7 inches or so taller than the boy and that the stab wound was going downwards. A juror said that if someone has a pocket knife, they know how to use it the correct way; the stab wound would be going upwards not downwards. Another juror also brought up the fact that the lady, saying she saw the whole thing happened, wore glasses. This incident happened at night when the lady would be in bed. No one wears glasses to bed so their was no way she could have been able to clearly see who was stabbing who. It finally gets to a point where eleven of the jurors now think the boy is innocent, except for one; juror #10. Juror #10 brought up the fact that his son hadn't spoken to him in years. He was so upset about his own personal life, he was taken it out on this clearly innocent boy. He finally votes not guilty and breaks down crying.

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