Jurors
Who is Juror 8?
12 people who are selected to hear a case and decide on a verdict
What is a jury?
The defendant was accused of murdering this person.
Who is his father?
The murder weapon the jurors examined in court
What is a switchblade
It is when everyone agrees in a vote.
This Juror appeared to have a racial prejudice against the defendant.
Who is Juror 10?
A jury that cannot come to an agreement.
What is a hung jury?
The old man downstairs claimed to have heard the boy scream this at the time of the murder.
What is "I'm going to kill you"
The defendant's alibi for the time of the murder.
What are the movies?
Jurors need to reach this - a final decision - after deliberating and discussing the case.
What is a verdict?
This Juror shared that he did not get along with his son and his negative relationship caused him to be biased towards the young defendant.
Who is Juror 3?
The statement given by an eyewitness during a trial.
What is a testimony?
The verdict reached by all jurors at the end of the play.
What is Not Guilty
This was the angle and location of the stab wound.
What is downward and chest?
This is the author of 12 Angry Men.
Who is Reginald Rose?
This Juror said he changed his vote because he was tired of the arguing and had tickets to a movie that night.
Who is Juror 7?
If you have a reason to think that perhaps the defendant did not commit the crime you must vote Not Guilty and acquit the defendant.
What is reasonable doubt?
This Juror was the last Juror to change his vote from Guilty to Not Guilty.
Who is Juror 3?
The Jurors realize it would be very difficult for the old man to hear the body fall or hear the boy yell because of this.
What is the El train?
This is an important quote from Juror 9. It is one of the themes of the play.
What is "It takes a lot of courage to stand alone"
This Juror grew up in the slums and was familiar with knife fights.
Who is Juror 5?
These are the exhibits the jurors ask to see during their deliberations.
What is the knife and the apartment diagram?
In the secret/anonymous ballot, this Juror changes his vote from Guilty to Not Guilty.
Who is Juror 9?
The woman across the street claims to have seen the murder through the window/through the El train even though she was not wearing these...
What are glasses?
In his testimony, the old man claimed he walked from his bed to his door in 15 seconds and saw the boy running down the stairs. When the jurors reenact the scene, it actually takes them this amount of time.
What is 39 seconds.