Twelve Angry Men
Deliberation room tension
Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 courtroom drama by Reginald Rose, originally a television play, later adapted as a celebrated 1957 film.
Twelve jurors deliberate a murder case; one holdout's insistence on reasonable doubt gradually sways the others.
The title has become shorthand for the jury system itself and the weight of unanimous verdict: It was like Twelve Angry Men in that deliberation room.
- juryLegal decision-making body
- jury dutyRequired courtroom participation
- hung juryUnanimous verdict impossible
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- verdictOfficial court decision
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