Biases In Juror 3

The way we see and understand things may not be the same for everyone. Personally, I feel like I come across as a very diffident person, however, I am told otherwise-I am a strong, confident person. Similarly, it can be observed in the movie, that Juror 3 was determined that the boy was guilty. Juror 3 implied evidence that was already established whereas Juror 8 provided logic in context with the evidence supplied. Juror 3 abominates the thought of a child killing his own father, “Well 18 is old enough. He stabbed his own father four inches into the chest. They proved it a dozen different ways in court.Do you want me to list them?”. The reason for his bias against the defendant is because of his constraint relationship with his son, who he

It a bias due to which an individual supports or rejects an idea, thought or action in favor of or against one social group over society as a whole, all other things being equal. These are biases which we have acquired through our lives in a social environment. Juror 10 wants to convict the defendant solely based on his race. “Sure, there’s some good things about ‘em, too. I’m the first one to say that. I’ve known a couple who were OK, but that’s the exception”. When realization dawns upon Juror 10 that the other jury members are not as racist as he is, he makes a typical racist backpedal saying that a few people of colour are okay. “Most of ‘em, it’s like they have no feelings! They can do anything!”. At the peak of the heated argument between the jurors, Juror 10 begins shouting about his strong loathe towards people of colour. Juror 10 categorizes those who live in the slum with statements such as “ They don’t need any real big reason to kill someone, either. You know, they get drunk, and bang, someone’s lying in the gutter…most of them, it’s like they have no feelings”. He makes strong generalized statements classifying all kids who are born in an environment where there is violence and poverty as criminals, although they may hold no criminal record. It is this bias that leads him to believe that this kid has definitely murdered his