Conviction In Twelve Angry Men, By Reginald Rose

Conviction

Conviction is when you make a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense. In the play Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, a young boy is accused of murdering his father. The Jurors all think that he is guilty except for the eighth juror. The eighth juror has to try to convince the other jurors not to convict the boy. The jurors have to use someone's word to decide if the boy was guilty or not. Some of the jurors used personal experiences to judge if the boy would kill his father. The witnesses said that they saw and heard him kill his father. The boy was interrogated by the police but, he did not have a perfect memory. Someone's word should not be enough to put someone in the electric chair.
Many people use a bad experience to judge someone else. In the play the third juror talks about his kid. The third juror said “It's the kids, the way they are nowadays. Angry! Hostile! You can not do a dang thing with them. Just the way they talk to you.” (17) He is saying that all kids act the same. We all know that no one is the same. The eighth juror says “It’s not your boy. He’s somebody else.” The third juror thinks about it and decides “ Not guilty.” (72) He realizes that he is comparing the boy on trial with his son. He knows that is not fair and he has a reasonable doubt. He was judging the boy

The ninth juror said “He was dragging his left leg and trying to hide it because he was ashamed.” (36) The old Man could not make it to the door in time to see the boy run down the stairs. The tenth juror said “Here’s a women who’s lying in bed and can’t sleep. She’s dying with the heat. Know what I mean? Anyway, she looks out the window and right across the street she sees the kid stick the knife into his father. (15) She was not wearing her glasses because she was trying to fall asleep. She would not be able to be certain that who she saw was the boy. They both could not be certain that it was the