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12 Angry Men/tv's Law And Order

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...Lumet), the defendant is a young Puerto Rican teenager. The defendant is only briefly glimpsed at the beginning of the film, as the judge gives instructions to the jury who then adjourn to the jury room to deliberate. Consequently, the audience perceives the defendant solely through the perception that the juror have of him, which changes slowly over the course of the film. Similarly, in an episode of TV's Law and Order, the perception of attorneys McCoy and Borgia toward the primary suspect in a murder case slowly changes as evidence emerges.
12 Angry Men is set in the 1950s, a time when juries were all male and all white. It is clear that these middle-aged men are indifferent to the fate of this ethnic teenager. They simply want to cast their "guilty" vote and go home. The only juror who seems to be aware that they have been entrusted with an awesome responsibility is juror #8 (Boyer 2). Through the instigation of...

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