“12 Angry Men” is an excellent drama that describes the prudent judicial process and legal acumen of jurists. The drama is considered significant in educating law students about the judicial process. The filmmaker educates about different methods of reaching a wise decision by consensus building. This paper intends to discuss the film, “12 Angry Men” along with analyzing the judicial process that is involved in the drama.
The drama opens with a scene where a Judge assigns a responsibility to find the truth to a jury of twelve members. Judge addresses jury and says “it now becomes your duty to try to separate the facts from the fancy”. The jury members were given a task to asses a case where a sixteen year old boy was alleged to have committed a crime. The film addresses various issues and deals with a number of hurdles that affect the judicial process. It has been portrayed that premonitions and reservations, towards certain people and race, play significant role in affecting the judicial process (Lumet, 1957).
I like the way a prudent juror nullifies doubts of rests of jury members and convinces everyone in reaching a prudent decision. This juror presents his arguments in very balanced way and succeeds in convincing other members. Juror # 8 also leads from the front and controls the situation when rests of the members were ready to fight with one another. A reasonable amount of anger in his arguments and his quest to find the truth helps the jury in making a wise decision that was not only the correct, but it also saved the life of an innocent young boy. The film educates a lot about the judicial process and this is the best part of the film.
Reference
Lumet, S. (Director). (1957). 12 Angry Men [Motion Picture].
