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3 page discussion of the classic 50's film '12 Angry Men'; an examination of the American system of trial by jury and the role that stereotypes and prejudices can ultimately play in the system. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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middle-aged. Eleven are ready to assume that the boy is guilty, but Juror #8 insists that there is reasonable doubt about the boys guilt. As the group reexamines the evidence,
its members are forced to face their own bigotry and indifference. As Robert Sklar (1995) points out, the film centers on one of democracys most sacred myths:
the jury system. And while I noted that it was not exactly an attack, the film questions the ultimate fairness and reliability of such a system. With the exception of
a short introductory scene inside the courtroom and one closing scene outside the court building, the film centers entirely on what happens within the closed jury room. It is the
process that these twelve jurors go through in determining the defendants guilt or innocence which makes the film so important to this discussion : they are led from believing prejudiciously
that the accused is guilty because of race-- to examining the case for what it really was-- and realizing the flaw in their own thinking. The Constitution
of the United States guarantees everyone a fair and speedy trial before ones peers (emphasis Churnin, 1996). But what this film questions is both the practicality and feasibility of such
a jury in the wake of racial stereotypes and roles. The defendant is an uneducated, teenaged Puerto Rican slum dweller. The "peers" who compose his jury are white, generally
middle-aged, middle-class males. Nevertheless, these men have been chosen to decide whether he lives or dies and as described, 11 of them are ready to convict him just because of
who and what he is. The script further suggests that these men, in addition to being socially, culturally, economically, and racially divergent, are, more importantly, indifferent. Fortunately,
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