Unit 5 Twelve Angry Men Chang Yan

Jury Jury: is a group of up to 12 people, called “Jurors”whose duty it is to listen to the evidence given in a court trial and decide whether the accused is guilty or not guilty. The decision is called a “verdict”. If the verdict is not guilty, the accused is set free or acquitted; if the verdict is guilty, the judge will give the sentence.

A criminal court A criminal court is a court of law which hears cases brought by the state against a person or a corporation which has violated a criminal law enacted by the legislature.

Vote If we want to discuss it first then vote, that’s one way or we can vote right now to see how we stand. Mean: One way for us to do is to discuss first then vote. The other way for us to do is to vote at once to find out the position of jurors whether we agree or not, or we need further discussion on this case.

Ballot A ballot(paper) isa system of voting or an occasion when you vote on a piece of paper on to write your decision. Eg. Representatives were elected by ballot. Eg. They decide to hold a ballot. Eg. Let’s put it to the ballot.

Verdict: an official decision made by a jury in a court of law about wheter someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime Foreman: OK,of course we know that we have a fisrst-degree murder charge here,And if we vote the accused guilty , we’ve got to send him to the chair……Ok eleven guilty, one not guilty

Slum What a terrible thing for a man to believe all the guys who lived in a slum. No.10 thinks that once a person in slum is dishonest that means all the group people are dishonest, such kind of thought is unfair and unjust

Eyewitness One The Old Man (No.3) Let’s take the old man who lived on the second floor under the room where the murder took . Clue: loud noises “I’m going to kill you” in the upstairs apartment A second later, he heard a body falling. The old man’s guess: It sounded like a fight The old man’s seeing: He saw the kid running down the stair and out of the house

Eyewitness Two The Woman (No.10) Here’s a woman who’s lying in bed. She can’t sleep. It’s hot.. And right across the street, she sees the kid stick his knive into his father’s chest. Look, she has known the kid all his life. And she swore she saw him of it.

Spot One She looks out the window. (No.3) They proved in court that at night if you look through the windows of an el train when the lights are out, you can see what is happening on the other side.

Spot Two Right across the street she sees the kid stick the knife into his father. She’s known all his life. His window is right across from hers, across the EL tracks. And she saw him do it.

No. 5 Juror (No. 5) Can I pass it ? Now listen, I have lived in a slum all my life.I played in a backyard that was filled with garbage. Maybe you can smell it on me.

No. 6 Juror (No. 5) It is your turn. Well, I don’t know. I started to be convinced early on in the case. ..You see , I was looking for a motive. If I have a motive, you don’t have a case, right? Anyway...

Boy’ s Background (No.8) I don’ t think it was a very strong movie. This boy has been hit so many times that violence is practically a normal state of affairs with him. I just can’s see two slaps in the face would have provoked him into committing murder.

The boy (No.4) This boy--- Let’s say he’s the product of a slum and a broken home. We can’t help that. We’re not here to explain why slums make criminal. We are here to decide if he is innocent or guilty.

Secret Written Ballot (No.8) I want to call for a vote. I want you 11 people to vote by secret written ballot. I will abstain .If there are 11 votes for guilty, I won’t stand alone.

The knife (No.8) I am just saying that it is possible that the boy lost the knife, and somebody else killed his father with a similar knife. (No.4) Take a look at that knife. It is a very unusual knife. I have never seen one like it.

The knife (No.3) OK, let’s get to the point. What about the switch blade they found in the old guy’s chest, the knife this fine boy admitted buying on the night of the killing . Let’s talk about it.

No. 9 Juror (No.9) He didn’t change his vote. I did. This gentleman chose to stand alone against us. It takes a lot of courage to stand alone. He gambled for support. And I gave him.

No.3 Juror (No.3) Brother , you really are something. You sat here and voted guilty like the rest us. And then some golden-preacher started to tear your poor heart out about a poor kid.

No.4 Juror (No.4) Now calm down. It doesn’t matter. He is very excited. Sit down. She said she saw the killing through the window of the moving el train.I don’t see how youcan argue with that.

No.8 Juror (No.8) An el takes a 6-cars el train 10 seconds to pass a given point. Now, has given point is the open window of the room where the killing took place. Now, has anyone here ever lived near an el track? I have. When The window is open and the train goes by, the noise is almost unbearable. You couln’t hear yourself think.

No.7 Juror (No.7) Yes. Let’s vote. Maybe we can all get out of here. Then how come you vote not guilty? Are you trying to tell us that he lied just so he could be important once?

No.10 Juror (No.10) That is the most fantastic story I have heard. How can you make up a thing like that ?