Topic > Twelve Angry Men - 1173

What do we know about the criminal justice system? The criminal justice system is a series of organizations involved in the arrest, prosecution, defense, conviction, and incarceration of people involved in crimes; along with the system, ordinary citizens are called as a jury to evaluate whether the accused is guilty or not. It seems to be a rather safe, fair and reliable system; one that should work relatively well, right? Unfortunately, the criminal justice system is ultra-expensive and ultra-punitive; the system neither protects victims nor rehabilitates offenders. For example, trial by jury; There is usually a small number of people on the jury who actually believe that the life of another living being is at stake. In the jury trial, the court literally places the life of another being in the hands of twelve strangers who need to argue with each other like children until they reach a verdict. In the play Twelve Angry Men, a group of men are summoned for jury service, and almost all of the men would rather immediately reach a verdict and leave; except one, juror no. 8. He managed to hold the group back by demanding a discussion of the murder trial before voting “guilty” or “not guilty.” Not even once did juror no. 8 allowed others to influence him unless they had a valid explanation. Often within a jury, participants may be tempted to reach a quick verdict to get it over with and go home. So, their conclusions are usually flawed, hasty generalizations without any proper judgment behind them. In the show, all the jurors except juror no. 8, claimed that a "unique" knife was identified as the murder weapon and the boy, or the alleged killer, was seen with it despite saying he had lost it. ... half of the card ... increase significantly. Furthermore, mostly because of the media, we often forget this “innocent until proven guilty” rule. With the way society deals with criminal injustice today, our media often renders a verdict before the justice system does. Whether out of ignorance or not, many people pick up the morning paper or read from the Internet and allow their minds to absorb the information they are given, without stopping to question what they are told. When they read about a person being tried for murder, their thoughts are on how he will be punished, not whether he should be punished. Other factors such as racism, discrimination and prejudice also come into play. There are often too many unanswered questions and too many unanswered questions. The American justice system is unreliable and unfair, and too many innocent beings are being punished.