Final Policy Memorandum

Response Panel

Policy Options Brief

childhood obesity problem

In the movie “Twelve Angry Men” represents the power of deliberation during the jury trial of a case. In the movie, jurors have to figure out whether the boy was guilty or not for the crime of killing his murder. Although eleven jurors claimed that the boy was guilty, only juror 8 questions about the decision of other jurors. He applies deliberation skills where he plays on the facts about the murder and was able to change the decision of other at the end of the movie.

In the movie, jurors use the process of both open voting and secret ballot voting. Secret voting is more effective because no-body had to explain why they vote on that way. On the other hand, for the open vote, when somebody votes against the majority, they would face the anger issue. Therefore, jurors use their emotions and personal biases over facts to judge this trial. For example, juror 3 claims that the boy was guilty because his own son was also disrespectful towards him at his early age. So, this boy must kill his own father. On the other hand, juror 9 has prejudice toward the people who live on slum. So, the boy must be guilty because he lives on the slum. However, juror 8 questioned facts about the murder. He sometimes also uses emotions to describe the situation of the boy, which gets very impactful among other juror to change their decision. Therefore, juror 8’s action shows that how deliberation can be impactful to prove your argument in front of the audience.