The movie 12 Angry Men is about the jury deliberation in a criminal case against an eighteen year old Latino who is accused of stabbing his father to death. It starts after the defense and the prosecution have presented all the evidence and the jury goes to the jury room to decide the guilt or innocence of this man. The whole movie takes place in the jury room. The case was supposed to be an open and shut case with all the evidence proving the Latino was guilty. Eleven jurors found the man guilty but one found him not guilty, which, is the basis of the movie.
The characters in the movie do not have names but rather, are referred to by their sitting order on the jury. The main character is a man only known as juror #8 until, at the end of the movie, you find out his name is Davis. You do not learn the names of the other jurors. The main character is the only juror to vote not guilty to begin with. All the jurors have their own characters that play into the movie and show prejudice......
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