Civic Duty In 12 Angry Men

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In the film, “Twelve Angry Men” they show the role of the jury in finding the verdict for the court trial. In the US Constitution under the sixth amendment, this helps establish the procedures and right in criminal prosecutions and also gives some protections to the criminal. It is important to have an impartial jury and to be well informed on the cases. In the film the jury is tasked with finding the verdict of a young teen charged with the murder of his father. They have heard and seen the evidence involved and now they must come up with a verdict. In the film only one jurors is willing to try to be well informed and impartial on the cases. The others have some prejudices on the cases and what to give the guilty verdict. This one juror takes his civic duty …show more content…

There can be a lot of uncertainties in the justice system and they should be looked at carefully. This one juror is trying to show this by his action, however unpopular they may be. This juror is also not just doing this to mess up the cases but rather just trying to find the truth of the matter. This process then begins to question the other jurors and their conclusions that they have on the case. Deliberation and the processes involved are important not only to the courtroom but to life. The theme of prejudices and race are slowly faded out by the end of the film with equality and impartiality. The role of prejudices and being partial could have stopped the system and ended with a guilty verdict as most of them had this. They are able to change and find a more impartial process through the use of deliberation and help find the truth. The one juror is able to walk them through the slow and hard process. Also the role of justice and judgement are involved with this and involved with how they go about their verdict. The justice system should be fair and impartial. This is a challenging thing to do and is a slow

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