Twelve Angry Men

juror 1 (foreman)

in charge of the jury

juror 2

meek, indecisive. follower

juror 3

opinionated, sadistic, no humor

juror 4

wealthy, practiced speaker, concerned with facts

juror 5

naive, frightened, takes obligations seriously. used to live in the slums

juror 6

honest, but comes to decisions slowly and carefully

juror 7

loud, flashy, bully, coward, impatient

juror 8

quiet, thoughtful, seeks justice and truth

juror 9

mild, gentle old man waiting for death

juror 10

bitter, angry man. antagonizes people. bigot. going nowhere.

juror 11

european refugee. accent. subservient to those around him

juror 12

slick, bright, graphs and percentages. superficial slob

the boy

19, accused of first degree murder of his father. mom died, lived in the slums. has been in knife fights and has mugged people.

first vote

everyone guilty except 8

second vote

8 doesn’t vote. everyone guilty except 9

third vote

tied 6-6. 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12 guilty. 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 not guilty

fourth vote

3-8. 3, 4, 10 guilty

fifth vote

1-11. 3 guilty, everyone else not guilty

verdict

acquitted - not guilty, set free

motive testimony

retaliation for years of physical abuse; violent argument

motive explain

hard to believe that a common physical altercation would push him to kill

old man on the second floor testimony

heard fighting at midnight and “I’m gonna kill you.” heard body falling and saw kid running

old man explain

even if he said that, it doesn’t mean it’s literally true. 15 seconds not possible

woman across the street testimony

can’t sleep, sees kid stab father from a passing train

woman across the street explain

proven that you can see things from a train, but she wasn’t wearing her glasses

knife testimony

allegedly one of a kind. kid says it was a present for a friend

knife explain

not as unique as the shopkeeper said

alibi testimony

at the movies

alibi explain

couldn’t remember what movie he saw

stab wound testimony

son, shorter by 6 in, stabbed dad in the chest

stab wound explain

seems like an awkward way to handle the knife. no one would stab downward.

people across the hall testimony

argument between the two at 8 PM. heard dad hitting boy