Guilty In Twelve Angry Men

The accused is clearly guilty of premeditated homicide. The play “Twelve Angry Men” by Reginald Rose is about twelve unique jurors responsible for deciding if a teenager is guilty of premeditated homicide when he is charged with the murder of his father. Anyone present during the trial would be able to see the boy is guilty for a myriad of reasons. In Reginald Rose’s play “Twelve Angry Men” the defendant is guilty because he had a motive, there were witnesses to the crime, and he had a background of violence. The first reason the accused is guilty is that he had a motive. As juror number eight stated, “Ever since he was five years old his father beat him up regularly. He used his fists” (Twelve Angry Men). It is scientifically proven

The first witness was an old man who lived on the second floor right underneath the crime scene. At twelve-ten he heard a fight upstairs, “Then he heard the kid say to his father, ‘I’m gonna kill you’” (Twelve Angry Men). Almost immediately after this, the old man heard a body fall and saw the boy fleeing the crime scene. The man called the police and the father was found dead with a knife four inches into his chest. The boy claimed to be at the movies, but could not recall which movie he watched. Another vital witness is the father’s neighbor, a woman who has known the son all his life. She lived across from their house, past a train track. According to the lady, “...she looks out the window, and right across the street she sees the kid stick the knife into his father” (Twelve Angry Men). The witness saw the murder through the windows of a passing el train. It was proved in court that a person can see through the windows of a train. Not only is there a witness who saw the defendant at the crime scene, but there is a witness who fully saw the son murder the

Juror seven complains that they are wasting their time since the boy’s violent background speaks for itself. One of his judgments was, “...at fifteen he was in reform school” (Twelve Angry Men). A reform school is a school for young offenders, a choice instead of prison. These were designed for dangerous children who were deemed not safe to attend public schools. Furthermore, the boy has a rich crime record. For example, “He stole a car. He’s been arrested for mugging. He was picked up for knife-fighting. I think they said he stabbed somebody in the arm” (Twelve Angry Men). Now the reader knows the accused is capable of murder. The defendant has experience with knife violence. So, stabbing his father in the chest would be a crime expected from his