Juror Number Zero: A Short Story

Judge Reibman held a hearing in Oct. 2014 on contempt charges against Dr. Kolecki for not showing up at the evaluation, but the charges were later dropped. Dr. Kolecki thought there was ex parte communication between the judge and Mrs. Kolecki’s attorney, Waldron, but later agreed that wasn’t the case.

In a crowded jury room in downtown New York, opinions collide as discussion about the innocence of a young boy is decided. The dark and foreboding storm clouds that hang over the heads of the jurors are beginning to lift as time progresses and new facts are presented. One juror is not happy about this stay of execution and is holding fast his opinion of guilty. Juror three, the president of his business, refuses to alter his vote or opinion in any way. Still haunted by his own son, juror three verbally assaults the group with a forceful tone and a taciturn attitude. One of twelve, Reginald Rose created them all from the same pen and ink, and they could all be no more different.

Juror 8 had many chances to change his opinion about the boy’s case, and yet he never did. Throughout this whole play, Juror 8 stood his ground and was

II. “Judge Pirtle should recuse himself from presiding in this case, because the State intends to call Judge Pirtle as a witness, concerning the qualifications and credibility of Dr. Ralph Erdmann, the pathologist who performed the autopsy in this capital murder case.” (http://www.goextranet.net/Seminars/Examples/Disqualify/State%27sRecuseJudge.htm)

Most damaging witness against the Coopers was Mrs. Eastman, who claimed that Cooper had stated to Carmack that he had “the drop on him” and that the first shot had come from Cooper’s

noticed that another juror wore glasses just like one of the witnesses because of the marks on his nose

When the 8th Juror asks, "You don't believe the boy. How come you believe the woman? She's one of "them", too, isn't she?" The Juror 10 loses his smile, "You're a pretty smart fella, aren't you"

Pope Innocent III “ forbade priestly involvement in ordeals—thus taking away their holy sanction [and] in 1215, a jury system was loosely in place in Norman England. In this system, the king’s court chose twelve persons to testify as to what they knew about the facts of a case or the character of the parties involved” (The American Trial Jury). Since its establishment in 1215, problems have arisen regarding the jury system across the world. Foremost, the rise of technology engendered unjust trials and biased jurors in the 1950s, during the Sam Sheppard case. The news media released the names and telephone numbers of the jurors involved in the case and they encouraged local citizens to call the, to voice their opinions during a trial, and therefore the jury was not isolated from media outlets (The American Trial Jury). Race also generates dilemmas with the jury system, like in the case of Keith Tharpe. Woefully, he was on trial for murder and convicted solely because of a racist juror who referred to him as a derogatory name for blacks (A Black Man Convicted By a Racist Juror is About To Be Executed). Likewise, the jury system is flawed due to a rise in juror misconduct. In the year 2009, during the court case United States v. Bristol-Martir, a juror conducted illicit research on the case and was subsequently disqualified as a result of her immoral actions (Saltzburg, Dealing With Juror

Who does juror 10 think he is, making these rude remarks, calling us liars, trash. Just look at him; he is as ignorant as they get. He needs to shut his mouth, running it like the white privilege he is, making those unnecessary comments. No way is he fit to be on this jury it’s just not right. I just cannot believe it, I should be able to feel comfortable in this court not be put down, made out to be something I’m not. He is no better than what he makes us out to be. Just look at him sitting there thinking he is better than me, like he is top of society, no way, he needs to take one hard look at himself, he is disgraceful. The way he speaks is appalling if only he could see it, the words coming out his mouth are trash and that’s what he calls us what a contradiction.

The State calls Jeffery Logan to the stand.” A well dressed man went forward after swearing him in, he sat in the witness chair.

Juror 4 is able to remain calm and composed throughout the most stressful of situations. While Juror 10 exhibits racial outbursts; “They get drunk”, “That's the way they are!”, “VIOLENT!”, “These people are dangerous. They're wild. Listen to me. Listen.” Juror 4 sat through this entire scene without saying a word. It is only until Juror 10’s monologue is finished that Juror 4 speaks, calmly asking Juror 10 to “Shut [his] filthy mouth.” Juror 4 never discredits or implies anything towards the defendant and is always careful of what he says. After Juror 10’s tirade, Juror 4 tries to soften the impact created by 10; “Slums are potential breeding grounds for criminals.” He never attacks or hypes the situation at hand. He draws around ‘potential’ possibilities. Juror 4 initially had his doubts at the start of the case but was the only character that overcame his predisposition based on the analysis of facts and evidence. Rose’s character and only this character had the intelligence, confidence and persistence to keep his head in the tense moment Juror 10 created.

The gavel pounded, as Judge Ricardo Sandoval continued the proceedings. Stuart Rutherford seated himself in the witness box.

“The Min Yoongi feels bad? Are you sure this is you speaking right now? Are you possessed?” Yoongi flicks Baekhyun’s forehead as the younger one laughs, though quickly changing to a serious tone when he answers, “You know, hyung. You can always apologize. It’s not the end of the world. We all make mistakes, but they don’t make us any less of a person. What we do need to do is own up to it.”

He was standing and watching the whole inside of the courtroom, but after 5 or 7 minutes, probably he felt boring and he took out his smartphone from this pants. Probably courthouse is peaceful, so he did not need to be careful about the court. After he took out the smartphones, he went to the seat which was on the behind of the audience’s seats, and he sat down in there. There was a memo on the seat which police officer sat down, and the memo said ‘it is for only reserved jury seats.

"Yeah, you did, and you're going to fix it yourself." I watched him storm off towards the dressing room. Jin sure looked angelic in public, but you didn't want to cross him. He was really like a mom. I knew what I did was wrong, but that girl just... No one had ever treated me like that before. While I'll admit it was pretty hot, I'm not letting my guard down. I can't lose to her. Now I just have to find her.