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Examples Of Bias In 12 Angry Men

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The first example of unfair bias seen in 12 Angry Men is that, Juror 3 let his relationship with his son get in the way of having an unbiased opinion on the justice of the boy on trial. Juror 3 explains to the rest of the jury that “When he was fifteen he hit me in the face. He’s big, you know? I haven’t seen him in three years. Rotten kid! I hate tough kids”(Rose 21). Juror 3 is showing unfair bias because he is trying to compare the kid on trial and his son saying they are all the same. He does not even know the boy that much and is already showing an unfair bias towards him because of his relationship with his own son and how much he reminds him of him. Juror 3’s bias stops him from seeing the boy as someone he has never met before into
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