Essays Tagged: "jurors"

Twelve angry Men

Twelve Angry MenThis play is about twelve jurors who are to decide the verdict of a 19 year old boy who is accused of killing his father. The ... ote has to be unanimous either guilty or not guilty for the case to end. To start the deciding, the jurors decide to take a preliminary vote to see where they stand. After counting the ballots the vot ... ilty was because he was not sure that the boy was guilty and he wanted to talk about it. One of the jurors decided to take a minute for each juror to tell their side of the story and what they persona ...

(2 pages) 132 2 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Common human expieriences of "To kill a mockingbird"by Harper Lee

portant to them the only thing that is important to them is that Tom Robinson is black. Even if the jurors wanted to say that they beleived Tom was innocent they would have to face the people of Mayco ...

(2 pages) 57 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Death penalty. Paper supporting capital punishment

s unconstitutional and illegal. The two tier system reserved for capital punishment cases relies on jurors to decide on innocence or guilt. Another jury decides whether or not to impose the death pena ... e the death penalty. The vote must be unanimously recommended for the death sentence to be imposed. Jurors, acting in societies best interest, have sent a clear message. Those who are compelled to com ...

(8 pages) 466 2 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The Role of the Prosecutor

throughout the criminal process. Some of which are investigating, plead bargains, questioning both jurors and witnesses, and being involved through the sentencing as well.The first thing that must be ... rticipation and approval of both the defendant and his counsel.The process of examining prospective jurors (voir dire) is designed to give the counsel an opportunity to determine if each juror is able ...

(4 pages) 126 1 5.0 May/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The American Jury: Justice is Challenged

and the Defense Attorney each ask the jury a series of questions. It allows both sides to challenge jurors for prejudices, for familiarity with facts or witnesses, etc, and these challenges are unlimi ... , with legal rights given, attorneys for each side always put the basic rule aside, and try to pick jurors who might just be a little sympathetic to their arguments and exclude the ones they believe w ...

(3 pages) 137 0 3.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

"12 Angrey Men" is a movie that has may social psychological concepts occuring through out.

young male is on trial for the murder of his father. The gentleman's life is in the hands of twelve jurors. The jurors sat in court and listened to both sides of the case. They were then locked in a s ... pen to him if he disagreed? He had no choice but to agree, unless he wanted to face the rest of the jurors. Another concept is the overconfidence phenomenon. This is the tendency to be more confident ...

(3 pages) 147 0 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

This is an essay about "12 Angry Men", by Reginald Rose. It describes juror 6 and the cons of the Jury System.

very quite man and instead of talking, he just wants to listen and digest the opinion of the other jurors first. Even when six starts talking, the same qualities are still shown. "Six: I don't know. ... entire situation with the murder and really isn't sure who he agrees with. However he takes all the jurors opinions into consideration and eventually makes the right choice to vote non-guilty.Another ...

(4 pages) 120 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Twelve angry men

Put yourself on trial, where 11 jurors out of 12 vote guilty. Although you are innocent, and the one man in the jury who votes not g ... our guilt. Your life is in twelve angry mens' hands. You can hardly defend yourself. It's up to the jurors to interpret the words in the testimonies to find the truth. In "Twelve Angry Men," by Regina ... uth. In "Twelve Angry Men," by Reginald Rose the main factor's that create reasonable doubt for the jurors to look at were; the woman across the street, the problems with the knife, and the old man wh ...

(3 pages) 146 1 4.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

12 angry men movie to book analyisis.

agues the members of the jury. The jury comes from many different life styles. The wealthier of the jurors degrade and put down the neighborhood from which a few jurors lived in which causes the tensi ... Lument adds more scenes in his portrayal. The bathroom scene, one of the added scenes, is where two jurors discuss the verdict away from the loud conference room, where much of the commotion is going ...

(3 pages) 95 1 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird".

ome pretty tired and intolerant ideas about racial equality. The bigotry and personal prejudices of jurors corrupts the justice system, perhaps because they are a form of that passion that confounds r ...

(3 pages) 27 0 4.5 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

All about Australian Law system aND the australian jury.

case the jury decides whether the accused is guilty of a crime. In a Civil case there are only four jurors, rather than twelve for a criminal. If the jury can't agree after deliberating for six hours ... de to discharge the jury and order a new trial. Additionally, if after six hours, three of the four jurors agree, the judge can decide to accept their verdict. Both of these points do not happen in a ...

(3 pages) 49 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Medical Malpractice Problems in Florida.

elieve that trial lawyers "seek to find the least knowledgeable group of people available to act as jurors, overwhelm them with confusing and incomprehensible medical evidence, inflame them with accou ...

(5 pages) 121 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

This essay is about Jury selection, and whether it is acceptable to dismiss a juror in the juror dismissal stage of a trial based on their race.

e. In trials held within the states it was policy that both sides could dismiss a certain amount of jurors without explaining their motives for doing so. This clashed with a 1986 ruling of the Supreme ... he man in question was tried, both the defense and the prosecution could remove a limited number of jurors, if they felt it was necessary, without explaining their reasons or incentives. Then in the 1 ...

(5 pages) 75 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Ancient Greece - what did they ever do for you?

ple (I'm Ancient Rome they had as many as 500) would vote to see if the man was guilty or innocent. Jurors are paid, and rich or poor could be them.3) Theater was something that people saw daily. A co ...

(2 pages) 48 1 1.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

12 Angry Men

accused of the murder of his father. All the proofs seem to point at his guilty. Unless the twelve jurors find the boy innocent of murder, he will be sentenced to death. The decisions among the 12 j ... the rain comes and this force of the nature relieves the tension as well as the heat. Although the jurors find more doubts as the debate turns intense; a juror, in one of his few moments takes off hi ...

(2 pages) 74 1 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

12 Angry Men

"Twelve angry men" an eighteen year old is charged with the murder of his father. At first, all the jurors believe that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, except for one, who believes that they o ... s or not. The man who does not believe that the boy is guilty explains his views to the rest of the jurors and is ridiculed by the rest of the jurors. An old man later sees where he is going with his ...

(5 pages) 212 3 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Justice

ppen to me? The courtroom stood with perfect synchronicity signalling the entrance of the judge and jurors. The air was full of tension as the crowd sat down, anticipating the outcome with unsure face ... s from the crowd."Has the jury come to a decision?" He asked."Yes, your honour," replied one of the jurors."Read the verdict."My moment of truth had arrived. I knew I was innocent, but did anyone else ...

(3 pages) 42 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Comparisson/Contrast between the play: "12 Angry Men" by Reginald Rose, and the poem: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.

s in 12 Angry Men also must choose a path. Their path is marked by unreliable witnesses and hostile jurors. Although the jurors seemed to take a long time to choose a path, they finally picked the roa ... the speaker of "The Road Not Taken," the choice was which road he should take; in 12 Angry Men the jurors had to decide whether the boy should be considered innocent or guilty. The similarity between ...

(4 pages) 64 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

12 Angry Men

r in the play Twelve Angry Men for a number of reasons. The first reason is that when all the other jurors voted guilty without even thinking about their decisions, Juror #8 suggested that they talk a ... ror #8 suggested that they talk about it before jumping to conclusions. Even when some of the other jurors got mad and started yelling at him, he stayed calm and tried to work things out in a mature f ...

(2 pages) 60 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

12 Angry Men

red innocent until proven guilty. In 12 Angry Men this theory can almost be considered false to the jurors involved in this murder case. But one man can be credited with sticking to the innocent until ... ocent until proven guilty theory that most likely saved a man's life. This juror must show 11 other jurors that he can prove with enough valid evidence that this boy is be wrongfully accused of killin ...

(2 pages) 34 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers