Examples Of Juror 9 In 12 Angry Men

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In the movie 12 Angry Men, I found that Juror #9 was the most convincing. The old man, who was the first to change his verdict from guilty to not guilty. Juror #9 was able to avoid fallacies in his arguments by avoiding assumptions, valuing the opinion of others, and being open-minded. An example of avoiding assumptions would be when he questions if the defendant is guilty based on the fact that he had a prior criminal record, here he does not jump to conclusions. There is also the example of when Juror #10 says “A kid like that.”, Juror #9 replies with “I don’t think the kind of boy he is has anything to do with it. The facts are supposed to determine the case.” (Lument, 1957, 1:03:18). When Juror #10 says this, it is an assumption on the