Jurors
This juror is the only juror who initially votes not guilty.
Who is Juror 8?
This juror's main responsibility is to keep the jury organized.
Who is the Foreman (Juror 1)?
If there is this, then the jury must deliver a verdict of "not guilty."
What is "reasonable doubt"?
This is the age of the accused boy on trial.
What is 16?
Juror 5 realizes this about the way a switchblade is used.
What is underhanded and stabbing up
The following quote is an example of this type of bias:
SIX: "I started to be convinced...with the testimony from those people across the hall. Didn't they say something about an argument between the father and boy around seven o'clock that night?"
FOUR: "They heard the father hit the boy twice and then saw the boy walk angrily out of the house."
What is Clustering?
This juror is more concerned with getting to a baseball game than dealing with details of the case
Who is Juror 7?
This juror is a shy bank clerk
Who is Juror 2?
The judge tells the twelve members of the jury that their verdict must be this, meaning the verdict must be one that all twelve of them agree to.
What is unanimous?
The play takes place during this time of year.
What is summer?
Juror 7 changes his vote for this reason
What is he just wants to get it over with?
The following quote is an example of this type of bias:
SIX: It’s pretty obvious. I mean, I was convinced from the first day.”
What is Rush to Solve?
This juror works for a marketing agency and is constantly distracted from the case
Who is Juror 12?
This juror is a stockbroker who deals with the facts of the case logically and concretely.
Who is Juror 4?
Juror 8 demonstrates that the old man downstairs could not have heard the boy yell "I'll kill you!" because of this.
What is the El Train makes too much noise?
Juror 8 explains that he votes "not guilty" in the first vote because this reason
What is he has questions (he has not made up his mind yet)?
Juror 10 has a long speech toward the end that reveals his this.
What is bigotry or racism?
The following quote is an example of this type of bias:
FOUR: "He was born in a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals. I know it. So do you. It’s no secret. The children who come out of slum backgrounds are potential menaces to society."
What is Salience?
This juror has lived in the slums his entire life
Who is Juror 5?
This juror is a house painter who sticks up for the old man, Juror 9.
Who is Juror 6?
The old man downstairs testified that he ran to his door in 15 seconds, but Juror 8 proved this.
What is that the old man could not have moved that fast?
A shocking moment in Act I occurs when Juror 8 reveals this item.
What is a duplicate copy of the knife?
Juror 3 consistently reacts with this emotion.
What is anger?
The following quote is an example of this type of bias:
"Look at the kid's record. He stole a car. He's been arrested for mugging. I think they said he stabbed somebody in the arm...He was picked up for knife fighting. At fifteen he was in reform school…[Of course he killed his dad.]"
What is Confirmation?
This juror is a German Watchmaker
Who is Juror 11?
This juror has a bad relationship with his son, with whom he is no longer speaking
Who is Juror 3??
The fact that the father was taller than the boy makes the jurors wonder about this.
What is the angle of the knife wound?
Juror 9 suggests that the old man downstairs testified as he did because he probably this.
What is wanted to be important?
This juror highly values the democratic process based on experiences in his home country.
Who is Juror 11?
The following quote is an example of this type of bias:
THREE: “Everything – every single thing that came out in that courtroom, but I mean everything, says he’s guilty. Do you think I’m an idiot or something? You lousy bunch of bleeding hearts. You’re not goin’ to intimidate me. I’m entitled to my opinion.”
What is Ostrich Effect?
This Juror is a bigoted man who condemns the defendant as “one of them”
Who is Juror 10?
This juror is an older man who notices the eyeglass prints on the witness’s nose
Who is Juror 9?
Juror 4 is finally convinced that there is enough reasonable doubt after the jurors discuss this detail
What is the woman's eyesight?
Juror 8 points out this about the phrase "I'm going to kill you."
What is people don't really mean it.
Juror 3 Finally changes his vote to Not Guilty because of this
What is the other jurors take a stand against him and point out this boy is not his boy.
The following quote is an example of this type of bias:
THREE: “I don’t care what kind of man that was. It was his father. That Gxxxxxxxmn rotten kid. I know him. What they’re like. What they do to you. How they kill you every day. My God, don’t you see? How come I’m the only one who sees? Jeez, I can feel that knife goin’ in.”
What is Blind Spot?