Innocent until proven guilty. This is a saying people use to basically say that until proof has been found, they didn’t do it. In court this is very true, one needs evidence to prove someone’s guilt or innocence. In the end, it’s the jury who makes the call. A jury is made up of all different people from all different backgrounds. Every person brings a different opinion and a different backstory to the jury table. In both the Conrad Murray trial and the play Twelve Angry Men, the jurors had to decide whether or not a man was guilty of murder. In both cases, the jurors most likely had previous opinions that could conceivably sway their decisions. Ultimately, on any court case, is difficult to get everyone on the jury to agree.
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Arguably, one of the most important jurors in the story is Juror Eight. The vote count in the beginning was 11 to 1 in favor of guilty with Juror Eight being the 1, the ending vote was 12 to 0, with the verdict being not guilty. Juror Eight looks at all the evidence in a different way and asks questions that make the others do a double take. If Juror Eight was on the jury for the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, and if there is any reasonable doubt, he would most likely think Dr. Murray was not guilty. From the play, Juror Eight says that, “As far as I know, we’re suppose to decide whether or not the boy on trial is guilty. We’re not concerned with anyone else’s motives here.” (Rose 9). He makes a very good point, they are only there to decide if the boy is guilty for killing his father, nothing else. That boy has done many illegal things before but he is only on trial for killing his father. This isn’t a murder mystery; they don’t need to find the actual killer, that’s the policies’ job. Like the play, Dr. Murray did do many illegal things and that is one hundred percent true, but the trial was only to determine whether or not he gave Jackson that last lethal dose of Propofol. There was a big discussion about whether or not Jackson injected himself with Propofol. But the fact is Dr. Murray should not have been giving Jackson Propofol as a sleeping aid. However as stated before, the
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These two jurors are almost the plain opposite of each other. Juror 3 appears to be a very intolerant man accustomed of forcing his wishes and views upon others. On the other hand, Juror 8 is an honest man who keeps an open mind for both evidence and reasonable doubt. Since these two people are indeed very different, they both have singular thoughts relating to the murder case. Juror 8 is a man who is loyal to justice. In the beginning of the play, he was the only one to vote ‘not guilty’ the first time the twelve men called a vote. Although his personality is reflected on being a quiet, thoughtful, gentle man, he is still a very persistent person who will fight for justice to be done. Juror 8 is a convincing man who presents his arguments well, but can also be seen as manipulative. An example would be when he kept provoking Juror 3 until he finally said “I’m going to kill you" to Juror 8. He did this because he wanted to prove that saying "I’ll kill you" doesn’t necessarily mean that Juror 3 was actually going to kill him. Juror 3 is a totally different character. He is a stubborn man who can be detected with a streak of sad...
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Guilty or not guilty? This the key question during the murder trial of a young man accused of fatally stabbing his father. The play 12 Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, introduces to the audience twelve members of a jury made up of contrasting men from various backgrounds. One of the most critical elements of the play is how the personalities and experiences of these men influence their initial majority vote of guilty. Three of the most influential members include juror #3, juror #10, and juror #11. Their past experiences and personal bias determine their thoughts and opinions on the case. Therefore, how a person feels inside is reflected in his/her thoughts, opinions, and behavior.
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Mostly the people who supported R. Kelly information was selected for the news media and the information from the nonsupporters were not selected by the news media. In this case the information was bias to supporting R. Kelly even though he had film a sex tape urinating on a fourteen year old girl. It was ironic that the people would still support R. Kelly after such an incident, but his case was viewed on a racial manner rather than having sex with an underage teenager. The news media was able to view the lawyer sly ways of dealing with the jury to help R. Kelly win his case.
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