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In the play, Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, a jury has to decide a verdict on a murder trial. During this, Juror 9 is able to present different challenges and benefits in the jury system. Juror 9 was the second juror to vote not guilty, after Juror 8 did. Juror 8 decided that the defendant deserved more time to deliberate. The rest of the jurors struggled to look past personal bias and instead of using the presumption of innocence they assumed guilt from the start. Throughout the time of the

Scottsboro situation, a freight train left Chattanooga headed west toward Huntsville. Just as the train left Stevenson, Alabama, two bleeding white hobos, the two females, ran to the stationmaster. They complained that a “bunch of Negroes” had beaten them up and thrown them from the train without provocation. The truth was that the two transients had told all the black people in the gondola car to either jump off the train or find another car to ride in because they did not want to “ride with niggers

this novel, Tom Robinson was a very important character. He was a black male who had been charged of raping a white girl named Mayella. Mayella, had accused Tom because her father had seen her kiss a black man and then beat her. In this time of day, kissing a black man was forbidden. Mayella had no other to blame but Tom Robinson. She knew no one would take a black man's word over a white woman anyway. They’re many other racist acts happening in this book. Another clear example is the bullying Jem

different races. In particular, blacks were subject to special Jim Crow laws which restricted their rights and attempted to keep the race inferior to whites. Even beyond these laws, however, blacks were feeling the pressure of prejudice. In the legal system, blacks were not judged by a group of their peers; rather, they were judged by a group of twelve white men. In serious court cases involving capital offenses, the outcome always proved to be a guilty verdict. In Harper

A case for Jury Trials in India By: Scott A. McMillan, Ravishankar K. Mor Jury trials in India had come to an end unceremoniously; the immediate cause for abolition of jury trials was “Not Guilty” verdict of jury in K.M.Nanavati Vs. state of Maharashtra . The sessions Judge disagreed the Jury opinion, in his view, no reasonable body of men could bring that verdict on the evidence

Scottsboro boys. These boys were sadly accused of raping two white women on a train. It was near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931. Not only were these poor boys accused, but eight out of the nine were sentenced to death. It started with these nine boys, that had no job, and were searching for work. So, illegally, they went to ride the train. However, they were caught for a small charge. The officers that caught the boys, found two white women named Ruby Bates and Victoria Price. The officers had the

fair chance to improve his life due to the fact that people could not see past the stereotypes and into Tom’s true personality. Once in the courthouse it was no different. Even after hearing the story that clearly proved Tom innocent, the jury still chose white over black, label over truth. “There’s something in our

Cynthia Brown was a sixteen-year-old, African American girl who shot and killed a man that she had claimed had hired her for sex. Cynthia was tired as an adult, convicted of a first-degree murder, and was given a mandatory life sentence. She was allowed parole after she will serve 51 years of her sentence. In another case Walter Wayne, a 25-year-old male broke into a woman's apartment, strangled her and slashed her throat, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. So being that these cases are very

probably wouldn’t ever forgive that murderer for their actions, and that they should pay for you family member’s life with theirs. I believe that if a jury agrees that the crime convicted is worthy of a death sentence (or multiple life sentences, life without parole, etc.), it should be the family of the victim to decide what to do with them. However, if a jury finds the case unworthy of a death sentence, the family would not have that option. For my example, I will be using the case entailing the murder

and wins over the jury during his concluding argument of the trial of Tom Robinson. As a lawyer, Mr. Finch understands how to speak effectively and persuasively, allowing him to make use of compositional techniques like rhetoric. He uses all three parts of rhetoric, logos, ethos, and pathos, to help him coax the jury to side with him. Although the emerges unsuccessful, he perfectly illustrates examples of rhetoric and the different ways to use it. Atticus cunningly convinces the jury of Tom Robinson’s