Twelve Angry Men Analysis Argumentative Essay Example

guilty. Theyre voting guilty for all the wrong reasons. Not because of fact but because of past experiences and other issues. That is why today in our legal system the jurors are now questioned to ensure they arent racist or hold a personal bias against anyone.

During certain points in the arguments of the jurors it is obvious through what they say that peer pressure plays a small part in deciding whether the defendant is innocent or guilty. When the first vote was cast and only one juror voted not guilty he was under intense and hostile scrutiny. The entire group cannot see why he voted not guilty and they simply say, tell us what youre thinking and well tell you where youre all mixed up. The way I see it they are implying that the defendant is definitely guilty and the juror who voted not guilty is just simply confused. Some of the jurors even vote guilty because they dont want to be the one who keeps the other jurors from being able to leave.

There is a system of voir dire which i learned about last year in bus/ law . Some lawyers use it to their advantage and hire jury consultants, who try and come up with the best jury for their case, they look for things such as race, gender, and past experiences to help them determine the persons biases. That is the lawyers advantage and our disadvantage. That is exactly the opposite of what a jury is supposed to be made up of. However sometimes voir dire helps to rid the jury of the racist people and helps to make it a

fair trial.

I believe the best way to achieve justice is to have a jury of your own peers. I think they should have a background check and that we should be able to view their surroundings and be able to ask their friends, family, and co-workers about how the personality of the person is. This movie makes a few statements about our over all system of justice, but I believe that the overall statement it is making is that the lawyers who have the capability to question the jurors have there advantages but the advantages are frequently surpassed by decisions that fail to see truth. In life your professions reflect on your personalities.Twelve Angry Men is an example of where this occurs. Twelve men are brought together in a room to decide whether a boy is guilty of killing his father. Whether they brought good or bad qualities from their profession, they all affected the outcome.