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Kelesoglu 1
Adrian Keleşoğlu 594
9B English
Mr Smith
4 May 2015
Justie! one o" the #iggest $illars o" soiety% But
&hat does it mean' (he ans&er
hanges "rom $erson to $erson) no#ody an gi*e an a#solutely orret
de"inition o" +ustie% ,n
s$ite o" this "at- $eo$le ha*e #een trying to ha*e a 100. +ust
soiety /un"ortunately- this is
im$ossi#le% ot only #eause the one$t itsel" is *ague- #ut also
#eause the ones &ho are
arrying it out are im$er"et% ,n Twelve Angry Men, eginald
ose "ouses on this!
im$er"etion% (he most im$ortant theme in Twelve Angry
Men is that +udiial system is
im$er"et #eause $eo$le are not $er"et%
o#ody an ha*e a $er"et memory /$eo$le ha*e a hard time
remem#ering e*en their
last meal% n"ortunately- one o" the most im$ortant as$ets o" a
ase is the eye&itness- &here
the testimonies are #ased on memory- and &ell- their
testimonies mean a lot% 3es$ite this
im$ortane- the "at that one an ne*er #e 100. sure o" any memory
is *ery o"ten "orgotten%
ur #rains ha*e a reonstruti*e memory-6 &hih means that the
#rain "ills out the missing
details- #y itsel"- &ith the #its o" in"ormation "rom other
memories- so eye&itnesses are *ery
li7ely to #e &rong% 8or instane- the old mans testimony is
not *ery trust&orthy- #eause
gi*en his old age / or his $ossi#le memories o" *oies oming "rom
u$stairs /- he might ha*e
assumed that the male *oie #elonged to the #oy &ho li*ed
there% (his doesnt indiate that
he is doing this on $ur$ose) its $urely unonsious% :e ant #e
sure o" remem#ering
something orretly% ,n "at- no#ody an #e sure o" the auray o" any
memory%
(he notion that e*en the +urors ;at least one o" them<
arent sure i" the #oys guilty or
not is em$hasi=ed a lot in the $lay% (heir tas7 is to loo7 at
the e*idene and the testimonies
and reah a *erdit) ho&e*er- some o" them are #linded #y
their $re+udie and $ersonal
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on"lits! they sim$ly ant #e o#+eti*e% 8or e>am$le- Juror ?
insists that the #oy is guilty
#eause o" his issues &ith his son% Similarly- Juror 10
doesnt &ant to #elie*e that the #oy
might #e innoent% :e is e>tremely #iased to&ards $eo$le
"rom the slums% (he +urors are also
arguing a#out reasona#le dou#t6- &hih is &hat sa*ed the
#oy "rom death%
(his- e*en though its a *ery im$ortant $art o" the
+udiial system- is a *ague term) its
meaning di""ers "rom $erson to $erson% ,t doesnt ha*e an e>at
de"inition @or at least a
satis"ying one@- so it is a *ery ontro*ersial one$t% (he most
general de"inition &ould #e
this! easona#le dou#t is the le*el o" ertainty a +uror must ha*e
to "ind a de"endant guilty o"
a rime% ,t is an im$ortant threshold to the *erdit! it an either
sa*e innoent $eo$le "rom
ha*ing their li*es ruined #y the go*ernment or let guilty $eo$le
loose due to the la7 o"
ertainty- #ut &hat is de"ined as a reason to #e sure
someones guilty di""ers "rom $erson to
$erson% (his is &hy Juror reuested to go o*er the
e*idene o*er and o*er again! to $re*ent
any $otential ruination o" a $ossi#ly innoent 7ids li"e% n the
other hand- it &as $retty lear
to Juror ?! the #oy #ought the 7ni"e &ith &hih his
"ather &as 7illed- so it must ha*e #een
him% Sine reasona#le dou#t o#*iously doesnt ha*e lear #orders-
it ma7es the $er"etion o"
the +udiial system im$ossi#le%
(he main theme in Twelve Angry Men is that $eo$les
im$er"etion is the reason &hy
the +udiial system is im$er"et) sine $eo$le are the root o" all
the "ators that ma7e the
+udiial system &or7 @and may#e e*en +ustie itsel"@-
its im$ossi#le "or anything im$er"et
to reate something $er"et% Justie is a human/made one$t% E*en i"
not so- it is hea*ily
distorted #y humans% Ceo$le arent the same- so nothing they ma7e
is agreed u$on
unanimously and nothing di""erent "rom eah other an #e $er"et at
the same time- there"ore-
$eo$le are not $er"et%
