Reasonable doubt

Andres 2022-03-18 09:01:02

Seeing some people say in the comments that teenagers are innocent, everyone got it wrong.

Henry Fonda never said that he thinks the juvenile is innocent. He has always emphasized that he is making "reasonable suspicions."
When the remaining three jury members believed that the teenager was guilty, he said: “I really don’t know what the truth is. I don’t think anyone knows the truth. The nine of us now think that the defendant is innocent, but we are Gamble on a possibility, maybe we are wrong, maybe we will let go of a murderer, I don’t know, and no one can know for sure. But we have reasonable suspicion that it is a very precious part of our judicial system. Unless it is very precious Sure, the jury cannot convict the defendant.”

Regarding the judicial system, I don’t know exactly where the US and China are different, but this movie took a lot of effort to explain to us the rationality of “reasonable suspicion”. Although I used to watch some film and television dramas on the subject of law and politics, I felt like some bad guys were let go because of this system, but the "Twelve Angry Men" made me change my view. I feel that "reasonable suspicion" is indeed a matter of great respect. Human rights system: You cannot easily judge a person's guilt or innocence, and don't let go of even one percent of the possibility of suspicion-I really appreciate this pragmatic attitude and consider it a kind of responsibility.

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Extended Reading
  • Dion 2021-10-20 18:58:37

    The law dog really has a deep understanding of what democracy is and what justice is. You will have your own answers in your heart.

  • Frank 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    9.9 points, a few years after Hitchcock's "Reaper of Souls", and missed the pioneer status of the small room genre. This is not a reasoning film, but a reflection on the fairness and justice of democracy, law, and some people's livelihood feelings by the way. The plot arrangement is not as hypocritical as my country's "Twelve Citizens" / the English guilty pronunciation seems to be guilty of Chinese.

12 Angry Men quotes

  • Juror #8: [after Juror #10 explains that he believes the boy is guilty because of the testimony of the woman across the street] I'd like to ask you something: you don't believe the boy's story. How come you believe the woman's? She's one of "them", too, isn't she?

    Juror #10: [the smile vanishes from his face] You're a pretty smart fella, aren't you?

  • Juror #3: It's these kids - the way they are nowadays. When I was a kid I used to call my father, "Sir". That's right. "Sir". You ever hear a kid call his father that anymore?

    Juror #8: Fathers don't seem to think it's important anymore.

    Juror #3: [looking at him] You got any kids?

    Juror #8: Three.

    Juror #3: I got one. Twenty-two years old.

    [takes photo from his wallet and shows it to Juror #8]

    Juror #3: Aah. When he was nine years old he ran away from a fight. I saw it; I was so embarrassed I almost threw up. I said, "I'm gonna make a man outta you if I have to break you in two tryin'". And I made a man out of him. When he was sixteen, we had a fight. Hit me in the jaw - a big kid. Haven't seen him for two years. Kids... work your heart out...