A persons surroundings can influence him.
In "12 Angry Men" by Reginald Rose a young mans
life is held by
twelve men with contrasing views. Eight a caring man, who wishes to talk about
why the
other jurors
think that the boy is guilty, clashes with Three, a sadistic man who would pull
the swith
himselfto end the
boys life. Accroding to Rose, several elements can infulence a jury's verdict,
such as the
emotional make-up
of individual jurors.
Many elements can change a jurors decision.
Juror Three, who is convincd that the boy is guilty,
is allied with
Four who is eventually convicedEights showing of how the two testimonies given
by the old
woman and old man
are lies, votes guilty. Three outraged by this exclames "A guilty man's
gonna be
walking the
streets... he's got to die! Stay with me." (23) But Four sees the truth
that Eight has brought
into th light and
still votes guilty. Eight tries to convince Three how the boy is not guilty
beyond
reasonable doubt
but Three does not listen adn would rather see the boy die. "For this kid,
you bet I'd pull
the
switch."(17) This shows how emotionally unstable Three is. He is a grown
man living in a civilized
community and
would like to see a boy who he does not even know die by his own hands Eight
does not
think highly of
Three for what he says about killing the boy and shouts "your a
sadist."(17) which is the
absolute truth
about Three.
The emotional make-up of a juror can
change his desicision on wther or not to let a man live or
die. When someone
is asked judge someone else, shoud not you look at al the facts to be sure
beyond a
shoadow of a
doubt that the man who cimmitted the crime is guilty? Yes, a juror should look
at all the
facts but some do
not, they just judge the person on how that person feels.
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