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    12 Angry Men: The Importance of core values In the 1957 film 12 angry men, 12 jurors convene to decide on the fate of a young Man accused of murdering his father. Throughout the film the 12 men convey real life demonstrations of self importance, arrogance, and pride. However, one man proves to have strong core values and uses his wit and character to point the other 11 men away from their prejudice and prove to them that nothing is what you think it is. As Henry Fonda plays Mr. Davis (juror #8)

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    12 Angry Men Christine Price CNDV 5312 Lamar University 12 Angry Men The movie “12 Angry Men” is about a group of men deliberating the sentence of an eighteen-year old boy accused of using a switchblade knife to kill his father. There are twelve diverse group members that discuss the murder trial to determine the young boy’s future. At the beginning the twelve men vote on if the boy is guilty or not guilty. The result was eleven to one in favor of guilty. Juror eight voted not guilty because he

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    Twelve Angry Men (1957) is a play set in New York, which takes place in a jury room. It follows a jury’s decision-making process in a murder trial. We are able to observe the gradual change of eleven of the twelve jurors’ minds about their verdict, illuminating the central concerns in the play. These central concerns are prejudice and justice and are shown through settings, stage directions and dialogue. The quest for justice that is at the core of the American legal system is shown to be a very

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    12 Angry Men film features a group of jurors who had to make a decision on the innocence or guilt of an accused murderer. The jury aimed at rendering a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of a teenage boy; it depicts the dynamics of group decision making. At the initial stage, eleven out of the twelve jurors voted guilty, and after carrying out a discussion, the jurors came into a conclusion of not-guilty decision. This process shows that minority transformed the opinion of the majority by exerting

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    12 Angry Men Group Analysis By reviewing the film 12 angry men, the project was to assess the importance of group therapy and dynamics portrayed. Within the case, the jurors attempt to have a unanimous verdict in the murder trial around a Latino male that has been accused of stabbing his father to death The group heightens with the understanding that with an accusation of voting for guilty require the death penalty. The deliberation of the case provides adequate characteristics as the group begins

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    The film "12 Angry Men" is about a jury deliberation of a first degree murder case with a latino 18 year old as the suspect who accused of killing his father with a knife. Throughout the movie there are many instances of logical fallacies from every character and good reasoning from few. Below are few examples of each I have discovered in the film. The first three examples of a logical fallacies I found were committed by the lead character Juror 8 played Henry Fonda. First example, "Look, this

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    Statement of Facts “Twelve Angry Men” is a fictional story which tells of story of jurors deliberating over if the teenage son who was accused of murdering his father. The evening of the murder the defendant and his father had an argument. The father hit the son like he did many times in the past. After this encounter the defendant left the apartment. At approximately at midnight witnesses state they saw the stabbing and hearing the defendant yell, “I'll kill you.” and running down stairs. The defendant

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    Juror 8 12 Angry Men

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    The movie “12 Angry Men” begins by introducing the young man who is on trial for killing his father. In the movie, it is revealed that the 12 Jurors who heard the case deliberation over all the evidence must return back to court with a unanimous verdict. The jury consists of 12 Caucasian men, middle class to upper class of middle age. The group of men is not only deciding if the young man is guilty but the young man’s life as well. The group of men go into the jury room to deliberate the case

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    The film 12 Angry Men opens to the trial of an 18-year-old boy who has been accused of murdering his father. The judge informs the jury that their vote must be unanimous and that the accused, if found guilty, will not be shown mercy and will be given the death penalty. The jury then enters the jury room for deliberations and select the foreman, portrayed by Martin Balsam. Before deliberations, the foreman decides to take a preliminary vote by show of hands in order to evaluate the general opinion

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    How interesting can movies where 12 men sitting in a room and talking get? 12 Angry Men is definitely one of the more interesting ones (not that I know any other). 12 jurors were called upon to deliberate on an alleged murder of a father by his son, in the slums of New York. The case seemed clear-cut in the beginning, and most of the jurors were ready to immediately vote guilty without much discussion, so they can go back to their businesses. However, in the US criminal justice system, jurors must

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