-
1
You
did
a
wonderful
job.
Wonderful!
2
You've
listened
to
a
long
and
complex
case, murder in
the
first degree.
3
Premeditated murder
is the
most serious
charge
tried
in
our
criminal
courts.
4
You've
listened
to
the
testimony.
You've
had
the
law
interpreted to you.
5
It is now your duty to sit down
and separate
the facts from the
fancy.
6
One
man
is
dead.
Another
man's
life
is
at
stake.
7
If
there's
a
reasonable
doubt
as
to
the
guilt
of
the
accused...
8
...a
reasonable
doubt,
then
you
must
bring me a verdict of not guilty.
9
If there's no reasonable doubt,
you must in
good
conscience...
10
...find
the
accused
guilty.
11
However
you
decide,
your verdict must be unanimous.
12
If you find the accused guilty, the
bench will not
consider
any
mercy.
13
The
death
sentence
is
mandatory
in
this
case.
14
You
are
faced
with
a
grave
responsibility.
Thank
you,
gentlemen.
15
The
alternate
jurors
are
excused.
16
The
jury
will
now
retire.
17
Piece
of
gum?
18
-
No,
thanks.
-
This
thing
isn't
moving.
19
Give
me
a
hand.
That's
it.
20
You know something?
I called the
weather bureau.
21
This is going
to be the hottest
day
of
the
year.
22
-
You'd
think
they'd
air-condition.
-
What
is
your
name,
sir?
23
-
It's that one.
- Thank you very much.
24
Okay, gentlemen. Everybody's here.
25
If
there's
anything
you
want,
I'll
be
right
outside
the
door.
Just
knock.
26
I
never
knew
they
locked
the
door.
27
Sure
they
lock
the
door.
What'd
you
think?
28
I don't know.
It just never
occurred to me.
29
- What's that
for?
- I
thought
we
might
vote
by
ballot.
30
Great
idea.
Maybe
we
can
get
him
elected
senator.
31
-
How'd you like it?
- I don't know. It was interesting.
32
Yeah? I almost fell
asleep.
33
-
I've
never
been
on
a
jury
before.
-
Yeah?
I've
sat
on
many
juries.
34
What gets me is how the lawyers talk,
even when it's
an open-and-shut case.
35
- Ever hear so
much talk about nothing?
- They're entitled.
36
They're entitled. It's the
system.
37
I'd
slap
those
tough
kids
down
before
they
start
any
trouble.
38
It'd save us
time and money.
39
- Let's get
started.
- Good
idea.
40
Let's get
going.
We all have
things to do.
41
Let's start with a five-
minute break.
One man's
in the bathroom.
42
- Are we going to sit normal?
- I don't know.
I guess so.
43
You're
in
my
seat.
44
-
Excuse
me.
-
That's
all
right.
45
Hey,
that's
not
a
bad view, huh?
46
What'd you think of the case?
47
It had a lot of interest for
me. No
real dead spots, you know what I mean?
48
We were lucky to get a murder
case.
49
I figured us
for an assault or
burglary. They can be the dullest.
50
-
Hey,
is
that
the
Woolworth
Building?
-
That's
right.
51
I've
lived
here
all
my
life,
and I've never
been inside that.
52
You had to sort
out that junk,
like the thing with
the
movies.
53
Yeah.
What
about
that
business
with
the
knife?
54
Asking
grown-up people
to believe that
jazz.
55
- I expected that. Look
what we've got.
-
Yeah, I guess so.
56
Well, your horn works, now try
your lights.
What've you got, a
cold?
57
These hot-weather colds can kill you.
I can hardly
touch my nose, you know?
58
I sure do. I
just got over one.
59
- Come on, Mr.
Foreman, let's go here.
- The
guy's
still
in
the
bathroom.
60
What's
new?
I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
see
a
paper.
61
- I was
wondering how the market closed.
- You got a seat on the
exchange?
62
I'm
a
broker.
63
I
run
a
messenger
service.
The Beck
and Call
Company.
64
The
name
is
my
wife's
idea.
I
got
37
men
working,
started
with
nothing.
65
Okay,
men. Let's take our seats.
66
Yeah. We can all get out pretty quick.
I have tickets
to
tonight's
ball
game.
67
Yanks
and
Cleveland.
68
Yeah,
we
got
this
kid,
Modjelewski,
in
there.
He's
a
real
bull,
this
kid.
69
A
real
jug
handle.
You
know?
70
You're
a
real
baseball
fan,
aren't
you?
71
Where
do
we
sit?
72
I
thought we'd sit in order.
By jury numbers.
73
One, two, three and so on
around
the
table,
if
that's
okay.
74
-
What's
the
difference?
-
It's
reasonable.
75
-
Let it be.
- Twelve is to your right?
76
-
Well, we go around clockwise.
- Start with
you, one, two...
77
What was your impression
of the prosecuting
attorney?
78
I beg pardon?
79
I
thought he was sharp, the way he
hammered all those points
one
by one...
80
...in a logical
sequence.
I was
very impressed.
81
-
I
think he
did an expert job.
- A lot of drive too, real
drive.
82
- Fellows. Can we hold it
down?
- Sure.
83
Say, we'd like to get started.
Gentleman at
the window.
84
- We'd
like to
get started.
-
I'm sorry.
85
Pretty tough to figure,
isn't it,
kid
kills his father?
86
Listen, you see
that all the time.
87
They let those
kids run wild. Well,
maybe it
serves him right,
you know?
88
- Is everyone here?
- The old man
is inside.
89
-
Would
you
knock
on
the
door
for
him?
-
Yeah.
90
-
You
a
Yankee
fan?
-
No.
Baltimore.
91
Baltimore?
92
That's
like
being
hit
in
the
head
with
a
crowbar
once
a
day.
93
What've
they
got?
Who
they
got
besides
good
groundskeepers?
94
We'd
like
to
get
started.
95
Forgive
me.
I
didn't
mean
to keep you waiting.
96
Baltimore!
97
Okay,
gentlemen.
If I
can have your
attention.
98
You fellows can handle this any way you
want. I'm not
going to make
any
rules.
99
We
can
discuss
it
first
and
then
vote
on
it. Of
course,
that's
one
way.
100
And,
well,
we
can
vote
on
it
right now.
101
I
think
a preliminary
vote
is
customary.
102
Yeah,
let's
vote.
Who
knows,
maybe
we
can
all
get
out
of
here.
103
Okay,
then.
Of
course
you
know
that
we
have
a
first-degree
murder
charge...
104
...and if we vote the
accused guilty,
we've got to send him to the chair.
105
-
That's
mandatory.
-
We
know
that.
106
-
Yeah.
Let's
see
who's
where.
-
Anyone
doesn't want to vote?
107
It's all right with me.
108
Remember that this has to
be
12 to
nothing,
either way. That's the law.
109
Okay, are we ready? Now, all those
voting
guilty,
please
raise
your
hands.
110
One,
two,
three,
four,
five,
six,
seven...
111
...eight,
nine,
ten,
eleven.
Okay,
that's
eleven
guilty.
112
Who's
voting
not
guilty?
113
One. Right.
Eleven, guilty.
One, not guilty.
114
- Well, now we
know where we are.
- Boy, oh, boy, there's
always one.
115
So, what do we do now?
116
-
I
guess
we
talk.
-
Boy,
oh,
boy.
117
You
really
think
he's
innocent?
118
- I don't know.
- You sat in court with the rest of us.
119
You could see
the
kid's a dangerous
killer.
120
- He's 18 years old.
- Well, that's
old enough.
121
He
stabbed
his
own
father
in
the
chest.
122
They
proved
it
a
dozen
ways
in
court.
Would you like me to list
them?
123
No.
124
- Then what do
you want?
- I
just
want
to
talk.
125
Talk
about
what?
Eleven
say,
Nobody
has
to
think
about it but you.
126
I want to ask you.
Do you believe his story?
127
- I
don't know if I do.
Maybe I don't.
- So how come you vote not guilty?
128
With 11
votes
for
guilty,
it's
not
easy
to
raise
my
hand...
129
...and
send
a
boy
to
die
without
talking
about
it.
130
-
Well,
now,
who
says
it's
easy?
-
No
one.
131
What, just because I voted fast?
I honestly
think the guy's guilty.
132
Talking for 100
years
couldn't
change
my
mind.
133
I'm
not
trying
to.
It's
just
that
we're
talking
about
somebody's
life.
134
Supposing
we're
wrong!
135
Supposing
this
building
should
fall.
You
could
suppose
anything.
136
That's
right.
137
What's
the
difference
how
long?
Suppose
we
do
it
in
5
minutes?
138
Let's
take
an
hour. The ball game
doesn't start until 8:00.
139
- Who's got something to say?
-
I'll
sit
for
an
hour.
140
-
Great.
I
heard
a
pretty
good
story-
-
That's
not
why
we're
sitting here.
141
All right, then
you tell me.
What are we sitting here for?
142
I
don't
know,
maybe
no
reason.
This
kid's
been
kicked
around
all
his
life.
143
You
know,
born
in
a
slum,
mother
dead
since
he
was
9.
144
A
year
and
a
half
in
an
orphanage
when
his
father
was
in
jail
for
forgery.
145
That's
not
a
very
happy
beginning. He's
a wild, angry
kid. And you know why?
146
Because he's
been hit on
the head
by somebody every day.
147
He's had a pretty miserable 18 years.
I think
we owe him a few words.
148
We don't owe him a thing.
He got a fair trial, didn't
he?
149
What do you think that
trial cost?
He's lucky he got it, you know?
150
Look,
we're all grownups in
here.
We heard
the facts, didn't we?
151
We're not
supposed to
believe
this kid, knowing what he
is.
152
I've lived among them. You
can't
believe
what they say. You know that.
153
- They're born liars.
- Only an ignorant man can
believe that.
154
- Listen.
- Were you
born...
155
...with a monopoly on the
truth? Certain
things must be pointed out to him.
156
- We don't need a sermon.
-
We have a job
to do, let's do it.
157
Rice Pops. It's
a product I work on
at the agency.
158
the built-in bounce.
159
- Very catchy.
-
Yeah.
160
-
Do
you
mind?
-
I'm
sorry.
161
Doodling
keeps
me
thinking
clearly.
162
We
have
work.
There's
no
point
staying
forever.
163
Okay.
Now, perhaps if the gentleman
down there
who's disagreeing with us...
164
...perhaps
you could say
why. We might
show you where you're mixed-up.
165
Maybe this is an
idea.
I haven't given
it much thought.
166
It seems it's
up to us to convince
him
that he's wrong and
we're right.
167
Maybe if we each took a
couple of
minutes just
to- It was just
an idea.
168
No, no, no. That's a good
one.
Suppose we
go once around
the
table.
169
I
guess
you're
first.
170
It's
hard
to
put
into
words.
I
just
think
he's
guilty.
171
I
thought
it
was
obvious
from
the
word
go.
Nobody
proved
otherwise.
172
Nobody has to.
The burden of proof
is on the prosecution.
173
The defendant doesn't have to speak.
That's in the
Constitution.
174
Sure, I know that.
What
I
meant
was-
175
Well,
I
just
think
he's
guilty.
Somebody
saw
him
do
it.
176
Okay. Here's what I think, and I have
no personal
feelings about this...
177
...I
just want
to talk about
facts.
178
Number one:
179
The old man
lived under
the
room where the killing took place.
180
At 12:10, on the night of the killing,
he
heard loud noises, like a fight.
181
And he heard the kid yell,
182
A
second
later,
a
body
hit
the
floor.
183
Ran
to
the
door
and
saw
the
kid
run
down the stairs and leave.
184
Called the police. They found
the man with a
knife in
his
chest.
185
The
coroner
fixed
the
time
of
death
around
midnight.
186
These are facts. You can't refute
facts. The kid
is guilty.
187
I'm as sentimental as the
next fellow.
I know he's only 18.
188
- He's still got to pay for it.
- I'm with you.
189
Okay,
you
finished?
190
-
Yeah.
-
Next.
191
It
is
obvious
that
the
boy's
entire
story
was
flimsy.
192
He
claimed
he
was
at
the
movies...
193
...yet he couldn't
remember
the
film's names or actors.
194
- That's right.
-
No
one saw him going in or out.
195
What about the testimony of the woman
across
the
street?
196
-
She
was
the
one
who
saw
the
killing.
-
Now,
fellows.
Let's
go
in
order.
197
Just
a
minute.
Here's
a
woman
who's
lying
in
bed.
She
can't
sleep.
198
She's
dying
with
the
heat,
you
know?
199
She
looks
out
the
window
and
sees
the
kid
stick
the
knife
into
his
father.
200
The
time
is
12:10.
Everything
fits.
She's
known the
kid all his life.
201
His window is
across the El tracks.
She saw him do it.
202
Through
the
windows
of
a
passing
El
train.
203
This
El
train
had
no
passengers.
It
was
being
moved
downtown.
204
The
lights
were
out.
205
They proved
that you can
look through the windows...
206
...when the lights are out
and
see
the
other
side.
207
I'd
like
to
ask
you
something.
208
You
don't
believe
the
boy's
story,
why
the
woman's?
She's
one
of
too.
209
-
You're
a
smart
fellow, aren't you?
- Gentlemen, gentlemen.
210
- Come on. Sit down, sit down.
- What's he so
wise about?
211
Come on, we're not going to
get
anywhere
fighting.
Whose
turn
is
it?
212
His,
number
five.
213
Can
I
pass?
214
Well,
that's your privilege.
How about the
next gentleman?
215
Well, I don't
know. I started
to
be
convinced
very
early
in
the
case.
216
You
see,
I
was
looking
for
a
motive.
217
It's important because if you don't
have a motive,
where's your case?
218
That
testimony from the people across
the hall from
the kid's apartment...
219
...that was
very
powerful.
220
Didn't
they
say
something
about
a
fight,
an
argument...
221
...between
the old man and his son,
around 7:00? I
could be
wrong, but I-
222
- It was 8:00.
- That's right.
223
They heard an argument,
couldn't hear about what.
224
They
heard
the
father
hit
the
boy
twice.
225
They
saw
the
boy
run
angry
out
of
the
house.
What's
that
prove?
226
It
don't
prove
anything.
It's
part
of
the
picture.
227
You said it provided a motive. I don't
think it was a
very strong motive.
228
This
boy
has
been
hit
so
many
times
that
violence
is
normal
to
him.
229
I
can't
see
two
slaps
in
the
face
provoking
him
into
committing
murder.
230
It
may
have
been
two
too
many.
Everyone
has
a
breaking
point.
231
Anything
else?
232
- No.
- Okay. How
about you?
233
I don't know. It's all been
said.
234
You can talk here forever.
It's still the
same thing.
235
This kid is 5 for 0.
236
Well, look at his record.
237
At 10, he was in children's court.
He threw a rock
at a
teacher.
238
When
he
was
15,
he
was
in
reform
school.
He
stole
a
car.
239
He's been arrested for mugging.
240
He was picked up twice for knife
fighting. He's
real handy with a knife.
241
This is a very fine boy.
242
Since he was 5, his
father
beat
him
up
regularly
with
his
fists.
243
So
would
I.
A
kid
like
that...
244
It's these
kids,
the way
they are nowadays.
245
When I was a
kid, I used to
call
my father
246
- You hear a kid call his father that?
-
Fathers don't think it's important.
247
- You got any kids?
- Three.
248
I got
one.
249
He's
22
years
old.
250
When
he
was
9
years
old,
he
ran
away
from
a
fight.
251
I
saw
it.
I
was
so
embarrassed
I
almost
threw
up.
252
I
said,
if I have to
break you in two trying.
253
Well, I
made a man out of him.
When he was 16, we had a
fight.
254
He hit me in the jaw.
He was a big
kid.
255
I haven't seen him for two
years.
256
Kids.
257
Work your heart out...
258
- Well, let's get going.
- I think we're missing the
point.
259
He's from a broken home in
a filthy
neighborhood. We can't help that.
260
We
decide if he's innocent
or guilty,
not
to go into how he grew up.
261
He was born in
a
slum,
breeding
grounds
for
criminals.
We
all
know
it.
262
It's
no
secret.
Children
from
slums
are
potential
menaces
to
society.
263
-
Now,
I-
-
You
can
say
that
again.
264
The
kids
from
those
places
are
trash.
I
don't
want
any
part
of
them.
265
Listen,
I've
lived
in
a
slum
all
my
life.
266
-
Wait
a
minute.
-
Please!
267
I played in back yards
filled with garbage.
268
- Maybe you can smell it on
me.
-
Listen.
269
-
There's
nothing
personal.
-
It
was
personal.
270
He
didn't
mean
you.
Let's
not
be
so
sensitive.
271
-
This
sensitivity
I
can
understand.
- Okay, let's
stop the arguing.
272
We're only
wasting time.
It's your turn down there.
Let's
go.
273
I
thought
you
were
all
trying
to
convince
me.
Wasn't
that
the
idea?
274
-
That
was
the
idea.
-
I
forgot.
275
He's
the
one
who's
keeping
us
here.
Let's
hear
him.
276
We
decided
to
do
this
a
certain
way.
We
ought
to
stick
to
it.
277
-
Stop
being a
kid.
-
What
do
you
mean,
kid
278
What
do
you
think
I
mean?
K-
I-D,
kid.
279
Just
because
I'm
trying
to
keep
organized?
280
You take it.
Take the responsibility.
I'll keep my mouth shut.
281
Why are you getting
hot?
Calm
down.
282
Don't
tell
me
to
calm
down.
Just
take
the
chair.
283
Did you ever see such a thing?
284
- You think it's funny?
- Forget it. It's
unimportant.
285
- Unimportant? You try it.
- No, nobody
wants to change.
286
- You're doing
a
beautiful job. Sit down
- Yeah, you're doing great.
287
Just stay in
there and
pitch.
288
All
right,
let's
hear
from
somebody.
289
If
you
want
me
to
say
how
I
feel
about it, it's all right
with me.
290
Boy, I don't care what you
do.
291
All right,
I
don't
have
anything
brilliant.
I
know
as
much
as
you
do.
292
According
to
testimony,
the
boy
looks
guilty.
Maybe
he
is.
293
I
sat
there
in
court
for
six
days
listening
while
the
evidence
built
up.
294
Everybody
sounded
so
positive.
I
got
a
peculiar feeling about this trial.
295
Nothing is that positive. There are
questions I'd
have
liked
to
ask.
296
Maybe
they'd
have
meant
nothing.
297
But
I
felt
that
the
defense
wasn't
doing
a
thorough
cross-examination.
298
-
He
let
things
go
by,
little
things.
-
What
little
things?
299
When
fellows
don't
ask
questions,
it's
because they know the
answers.
300
It's also possible for a
lawyer
to be
stupid, isn't it?
301
-
I
mean,
it's
possible.
-
Sounds
like
you
met
my
brother-in-law.
302
I
kept
putting myself
in the kid's
place.
303
I'd have asked for another
lawyer.
I mean,
if
I was on trial for my life...
304
...I'd want my lawyer to tear their
witnesses to shreds,
or
try
to.
305
Look,
there
was
one
alleged
eyewitness
to
this
killing.
306
Someone
else
heard
the
killing,
saw
the
boy
run
afterwards...
307
...and
there
was
circumstantial
evidence.
308
Those
two
witnesses
were
the
entire
case.
Supposing
they're
wrong?
309
What
do
you
mean?
What's
the
point
of
having
witnesses?
310
Could
they
be
wrong?
311
Those
people
sat
on
the
stand
under
oath.
312
They're people. People make mistakes.
Could they be
wrong?
313
- Well, no.
I
don't think so.
- Do you know so?
314
Nobody can know that.
This isn't an exact
science.
315
That's
right,
it
isn't.
316
Let's
get
to
the
point.
What
about
the
switch
knife
in
the old
man's
chest?
317
Wait.
Some
people
haven't
talked.
318
-
Shouldn't
we
go
in
order?
-
They'll
get
a
chance.
Be
quiet.
319
What
about
this
knife the boy admitted
buying that night? Let's
talk about it.
320
All right, let's talk
about
it.
Let's
look
at
it.
321
-
Mr.
Foreman.
-
We
saw
what
it
looks
like.
322
-
Why
do
we
have
to
see
it
again?
-
He
has
a
right
to
see
evidence.
323
-
Could you bring us the
knife?
- All
right.
324
The knife is strong
evidence,
don't
you
think?
325
-
I
do.
-
Good.
326
Suppose
we
take
the
facts
one
at
a
time.
327
One:
The
boy
left
the
house
at
8:00
after
being
slapped
by
his
father.
328
No,
he
didn't
say,
He
said,
There's
a
difference.
329
After
being
hit
several
times
by
his
father.
330
Two:
He
went
to
a
neighborhood
junk shop and bought a...
331
- Switch knife.
- Switchblade knife.
332
This
wasn't
an
ordinary
knife.
It
had
an
unusual
carved
handle
and
blade.
333
The
storekeeper
said
it
was
the
only
one
of
its
kind
he'd
ever
had.
334
Three:
He
met
some
friends in front
of a tavern about 8:45. Am I right?
335
- Yes, you are.
- You
bet he is.
336
He talked with his friends,
leaving them at 9:45.
337
During
this
time,
they
saw
the
switch
knife.
338
Four:
They
identified
the
death
weapon
in court as
that very same knife.
339
Five: He
arrived home at about 10:00.
340
This is where the stories by the state
and the boy
begin to diverge.
341
He claims he
went
to
a
movie
at
11:30...
342
...returning
at
3:10
to
find
his
father
dead
and
himself arrested.
343
He also claims the two
detectives
threw him down a flight of
stairs.
344
What
happened
to
the
knife?
He
claims
it
fell
through
a
hole
in
his
pocket...
345
...sometime
between
11:30
and
3:10
and
that
he
never
saw
it
again.
346
Now there's a
tale. I think it's clear
that the boy never went to the movies.
347
No
one
saw
him
go
out
at
11:30.
No
one
in
the
theater
saw
him.
348
He
couldn't
remember the names
of the pictures.
349
What happened is this.
The boy stayed
home.
350
Had
a
fight
with
his
father,
stabbed
him
and
left
the
house
at
12:10.
351
He
even
wiped
the
knife
clean
of
fingerprints.
352
Are
you
saying
that
this
knife
fell
through
a
hole
in
the
boy's
pocket?
353
Someone
picked
it
up,
went
to
the house and
stabbed his father...
354
...to test its
sharpness?
355
It's possible
he
lost it and his father
was stabbed with a similar knife.
356
Take a look at this knife.
357
It's
a
very
unusual
knife.
358
I've
never
seen
one
like
it.
Neither
had
the
storekeeper
who
sold
it.
359
Isn't
that
a
pretty
incredible
coincidence?
360
- I'm saying a coincidence is possible.
- I say it's
not.
361
- Where did that come from?
- It's the same
knife.
362
- What do you think you're
doing?
- Where
did you get it?
363
I went out
walking last night
through the boy's neighborhood.
364
I bought it
at a pawnshop
two blocks
from
the boy's house. It cost $$6.
365
It's against the law to
buy
a
switchblade.
366
-
I
broke
the
law.
-
You
pulled
a
real
bright
trick.
367
Tell me what it
proves. Maybe there
are 10 knives like that. So what?
368
-
Maybe there are.
- What does it
mean?
369
You found a knife like it.
Is that some
big
discovery?
370
We're
to
believe
somebody
else
did
it
with
a
similar
knife?
371
-
The
odds
are
a
million-to-1.
-
It's
possible.
372
But
not
very
probable.
373
Okay.
Let's
take
our
seats.
There's
no
point
in
standing
around
all
over...
374
It's
interesting that he'd find
a knife like the boy's.
375
- What's interesting about it?
-
I
don't
know.
I
just
thought
it
was.
376
There's
11
of
us
who
think
he's
guilty.
377
What
will
you
accomplish?
You
won't
change
our
minds.
378
Be
stubborn
and
hang this jury.
He'll be tried again and found guilty.
379
- You're probably right.
- So, what are you gonna
do?
380
- We could be here all
night.
- It's
only one night. A
boy may die.
381
Why don't we just set up house here?
382
Someone send the
policeman
for a
pinochle
deck, and we'll sweat it out.
383
- He shouldn't joke about it.
- What do you
want me to do?
384
What's the knife got to do
with it?
Somebody saw
the kid stab
his father.
385
What more do we need? You
guys
can talk
the ears off my
head.
386
I
got
three
garages
going
to
pot.
Let's
get
done
and
get
out
of
here.
387
The knife was important to the
district
attorney. He spent-
388
- He's a 15th
assistant.
What's
he
know?
-
These
arguments
are
slowing
us
up.
389
Well,
what
about
it?
You're the
only one.
390
I have a proposition to
make to you.
I'm going
to
call
for
another
vote.
391
I
want
you
11
men
to
vote
by
secret
written
ballot.
392
I'll abstain.
If there are 11 votes
for guilty, I won't stand alone.
393
We'll take
in a guilty
verdict
to the
judge right now.
394
But if anyone
votes not guilty,
we'll
stay here and talk it
out.
395
- If you want to try it,
I'm ready.
-
Let's do it the hard
way.
396
That sounds fair. Everyone agreed?
Anyone doesn't
agree?
397
-
Here, pass
these along.
-
Is that the right time?
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
guilty.
408
409
- Boy, how do
you like that?
- And another chap flips his wings.
410
All
right,
who
was
it?
I
want
to
know.
411
Excuse
me.
It
was
a
secret
ballot.
We all agreed on that.
412
- If the gentleman wants it secret-
- What do you
mean,
413
There
are
no
secrets
in
a
jury
room.
I
know
who
it
was.
414
You really are something.
415
You sit here, vote guilty, and some
preacher tears
your
poor
heart
out...
416
...about
a
kid
who
couldn't
help
being
a
murderer,
and
you
change your vote.
417
If that isn't the most-
418
Why don't you drop a quarter
in
his
collection
box?
419
Now,
just
wait
a
minute.
You
can't
talk
to
me
like
that.
420
- Who do you
think you are?
- Calm down.
421
He's very
excitable. Sit down.
422
You bet I am!
We're trying to put a
man in the chair where he belongs.
423
He
tells us fairy tales, and
we listen.
424
Hey. Come on, huh?
425
- What made
you change your
vote?
- He
didn't change his vote. I did.
426
- Fine.
- I knew it.
427
- Would you
like me to tell you why?
- No, I wouldn't.
428
- I'd like to make
it
clear
anyway.
-
Do
we
have
to
listen
to
this?
429
-
The
man
wants
to
talk.
-
Thank
you.
430
This
gentleman
has
been
standing
alone
against
us.
431
Now he doesn't say the boy's
not guilty. He
just isn't sure.
432
It's not easy
to stand
alone
against ridicule.
433
So he gambled
for support, and I gave
it to him. I respect
his
motives.
434
The
boy
on
trial
is
probably
guilty.
435
But
I
want
to
hear
more.
Right now the vote is 10 to
2.
436
- You have no right to leave-
- He can't
hear
you.
437
He
never
will.
Let's
sit
down.
438
Shall
we
continue?
439
I think we
ought to take a break.
440
You know, one
man's inside, and I
think
we ought to wait for
him.
Okay.
441
Looks like
we're really hung up here.
442
That thing with
the old man,
that was unexpected.
443
I wish I could figure out some
way we could
break it up.
444
You know, in advertising-
I told you I
worked in an
agency?
445
There are some strange
people working there.
446
They're not
strange,
I
guess.
They
just
have
peculiar
ways
of
expressing
themselves.
447
I
suppose
it's
the
same
in
your
business
too?
448
-
What
do
you
do?
-
I'm
a
watchmaker.
449
Really? I
imagine the finest
watchmakers come from Europe, huh?
450
In
an
agency
when we
reach
a
point
like
this-
451
In
an ad
agency,
when
a
point
like this is
reached...
452
...always some character
ready
with an
idea, see?
And it kills me...
453
It's the weirdest thing, the way they
precede their
idea with a
phrase.
454
Some
account
exec
will
get
up
and
he'll
say,
here's
an
idea.
455
Let's run it up
the flagpole
and see if anyone salutes it.
456
It's idiotic, but
it's
funny.
457
Hey...
458
...I
got
a
little
excited
back
there.
459
I
didn't mean to get nasty.
460
Glad you're not one of those that lets
these emotional
appeals
influence
him.
461
I
don't
know
what's
the
matter
with
that
fan.
462
-
Hey,
you
a
salesman?
-
I'm
an
architect.
463
You
know
what
the
sell
is?
464
Well,
you
got
it,
believe
me.
465
I
got
a
different
technique.
466
Laughs, drinks, jokes,
tricks, you know?
467
Yeah.
468
Hit 'em where
they
live,
that's my motto.
469
I made 27 grand last year selling
marmalade.
That's not
bad.
470
I
mean,
you
know,
considering
marmalade.
471
What
are
you
getting
out of
this?
Kicks?
472
Did
somebody
bump
your
head,
and
you
haven't
gotten
over
it?
473
-
Maybe.
-
You
do-gooders
are
all
alike.
474
You're
always
blowing
your
stacks
over
some
guy
that
fanned.
475
Well,
what
are
you
wasting
our time for?
476
Donate 5 dollars to the cause,
and maybe it'll
make you
feel
better.
477
This
kid
is
guilty,
pal.
It's
as
plain
as
the
nose
on
your
face.
478
So why don't we
stop
wasting
our time?
479
We're gonna all get sore
throats.
480
What difference is it if
you get it
here
or at the ball game?
481
No difference,
pal.
No difference at all.
482
- Nice bunch of guys, huh?
- They're about the same
as
anyone
else.
483
Boy,
what
a
murderous
day.
You
think
it'll
be
much
longer?
484
I
don't
know.
485
He's
guilty
for
sure.
Not
a
doubt
in
the
whole
world.
486
We
should've
been
done
already.
487
I
don't
mind,
you
know.
Beats
working.
488
- You think
he's not guilty, huh?
- I don't know. It's possible.
489
I don't know
you,
but
I'm
betting
you've
never
been
wronger.
490
You're
wasting
your
time.
491
Supposing
you
were
the
one
that
was
on
trial?
492
Well,
I'm
not
used
to
supposing.
493
I'm
just
a
working
man.
My
boss
does
the
supposing...
494
...but
I'll
try
one.
495
Supposing
you
talk
us
all
out
of
this...
496
...and the
kid really
did
knife his father, huh?
497
Ready?
498
Sorry,
blue eyes.
499
- One of those.
- Okay, let's take our seats.
500
Looks like
we'll
be
here
for
dinner.
501
Okay,
let's
get
down
to
business.
Who
wants
to
start?
502
- I will.
- Okay, go.
503
You. The old
man who lived downstairs
says he
heard the kid yell:
504
later he heard the body fall.
505
He ran to the door, and
he saw the kid running out.
506
What does that mean
to you?
507
How clearly could he have heard
through the
ceiling?
508
He
didn't
hear
it
through
the
ceiling.
The
window
was
open.
509
-
It's
not
that
easy
to
identify a voice.
- He identified it in
court.
510
Don't forget the lady
across the street.
She
saw
the
boy
stab
his
father.
511
-
Isn't
that
enough
for
you?
-
No,
it
isn't.
512
It's
like
talking
into
a
dead
phone.
513
She
saw
the
killing
through
the
windows of a train.
514
There are six cars. She saw the
killing through
the last two.
515
She remembered
insignificant details.
How can you argue?
516
Has anybody
here
any
idea
how
long
it
would
take
an
El-?
517
This
isn't
a
game.
518
Did you see
him? The nerve!
519
- Listen-
- The absolute
nerve.
520
- All
right,
forget it.
-
This isn't a game?
521
- Calm down.
- Who does he
think he is?
522
Forget it now.
523
Has anybody any idea how long it takes
an elevated
train
to pass a given point?
524
- I wouldn't have the slightest idea.
- What do you
think?
525
I don't know. Maybe 10, 12
seconds?
526
That's good. Anyone else?
527
- Sounds right.
- Why the guessing game?
528
- And you?
-10 seconds.
529
All
right,
say
10
seconds.
What
are
you
getting
at?
530
It
takes
a
six-car
El
train
10 seconds to
pass a point.
531
Say the point is the window
of the room
where the
killing
took
place.
532
You
can
reach
out
and
almost
touch
the
tracks.
533
Let
me
ask
you
this:
Has
anyone
ever
lived
near
the
tracks?
534
I
just
painted
an
apartment
that overlooked an El line.
535
- What's it like?
- What do you mean?
536
- Noisy?
- Oh, brother!
537
- Don't matter,
we're all punchy.
- I lived near
the
El
line
once.
538
When
a
train
passes,
the
noise
is
unbearable.
539
-
You
can
hardly
hear
yourself
think.
-
Get
to
the
point.
540
I
will.
Just
a
minute.
541
Let's
take
two
testimonies
and
put
them
together.
542
First,
the
old
man
in
the
apartment
downstairs.
543
He
heard
the
boy
say,
going
to
kill
you
544
...and
a
second
later
heard
a
body
hit
the
floor.
545
-
That's
right.
-
Second...
546
...the
woman
swore
positively
she
looked
out
of
the
window...
547
...and saw the killing through
the last two cars of the
train.
548
- What are you
giving us?
- Just a minute.
549
We've agreed that it takes 10 seconds
for a train to
pass
a
given
point.
550
Since
she
saw
the
killing
through
the
last
two
cars...
551
...we
can
assume
that
the
body
hit
the
floor
just
as
the
train
went
by.
552
Therefore
the
train
had
been
roaring
by
the
old
man's
window...
553
...a
full
10
seconds before
the body hit the floor.
554
According to his testimony,
kill
you
555
...body hits the floor a second
later...
556
...he would have had
to
hear
the
boy
with
the
El
roaring
past.
557
-
He
couldn't
have
heard
it.
-
Of
course
he
did.
558
-
You
think
so?
-
He
yelled
at
the
top
of
his
voice.
559
He
couldn't
have
identified
the
voice
with
the
El
passing.
560
You're
talking
about
seconds.
Nobody's that accurate.
561
I think testimony that could put a boy
in the
chair should be that accurate.
562
- I don't think he heard it.
- Maybe he
didn't, with
all
that
noise.
563
What
are
you
talking
about?
564
-
It
stands
to
reason
he
couldn't
hear.
-
Why
should
he
lie?
565
Attention,
maybe.
566
You
come
up
with
these
bright
sayings.
Send
them
to
a paper.
567
-
They
pay
$$3
apiece.
-
What
are
you
talking
to
him
like
that
for?
568
A
guy
talks
like
that
to
an
old
man
ought
to
get
stepped
on.
569
You
ought
to
have
more
respect,
mister.
570
You say stuff like that to him again,
I'm gonna lay
you out.
571
Now, you go ahead.
You say
anything you like.
572
Why do you
think
the old
man might lie?
573
It
was
just
that
I
looked
at
him
for
a
very
long
time.
574
Seemed
the
jacket
was
split
under
the
shoulder.
575
Or
did
you
notice
that?
I
mean,
to
come
to
court
like
that.
576
He
was
a
very
old
man
in
a
torn
jacket.
577
And
he
walked
very
slowly
to
the
stand.
578
He
was
dragging
his
left
leg
and
trying
to
hide
it...
579
...'cause he was ashamed.
580
I think I know
this man
better
than anyone here.
581
This
is
a
quiet,
frightened,
insignificant
old
man...
582
...who
has
been
nothing
all his life.
583
Who's never had recognition
or his name in
the newspapers.
584
Nobody knows
him. Nobody quotes him.
585
Nobody seeks
his advice
after
75
years.
586
Gentlemen,
that's
a
very
sad
thing,
to
mean
nothing.
587
A
man
like
this
needs
to
be
quoted.
588
To
be
listened
to.
To
be
quoted
just
once,
very
important
to
him.
589
It
would
be
so
hard
for
him
to
recede
into-
590
You're
telling
us
he'd
lie
just
so
he
could
be
important
once?
591
No.
He
wouldn't
really lie.
592
Maybe he made
himself believe he heard
those words and recognized
the
boy.
593
That's
a
fantastic
story.
594
How
can
you
make
up
a
thing
like
that?
What do you
know about it?
595
Does anybody want a cough
drop?
596
- No, thanks.
- I'll take one.
597
I still don't see how anybody
can think he's
not
guilty.
598
There's
something
else
I'd
like
to
talk
about
for
a
minute.
599
We proved he
couldn't hear
the boy say,
600
- You didn't
prove
it at all.
- Supposing he really did
hear it.
601
This phrase, how many times
have
all of us used it? Thousands.
602
you for that.
and
kill
him.
603
-
It
doesn't
mean
we're
gonna-
-
What
are
you
trying
to
do?
604
The
phrase
was,
gonna
kill
you.
Don't
tell
me
he
didn't
mean
it.
605
Anybody
says
that
the
way
he
did,
they
mean
it.
606
Gee,
now,
I
don't
know.
607
I was arguing with a guy
I work with a few weeks
ago.
608
He called me an
idiot,
so I yelled at him.
609
He's trying to make you believe
things that
aren't so.
610
Kid said he'd kill him and
did.
611
You think the boy would
shout that
so
the
whole neighborhood could hear?
612
He's much too bright.
613
Bright? He's a
common,
ignorant
slob.
He
don't
even
speak
good
English.
614
He
doesn't
even
speak
good
English.
615
Mr.
Foreman,
I'd
like
to
change
my
vote
to
not
guilty.
616
-
You
what?
-
You
heard
me.
617
-
Are
you
sure?
-
Yeah,
I'm
sure.
618
9
to
3,
favor
of
guilty.
619
Well,
if
this
isn't
the
living
end,
huh?
620
What
are
you
basing
it
on,
stories
this
guy
made
up?
621
You
should
write
for
a
detective
magazine,
you'd
make
a
fortune.
622
The
kid's
own
lawyer
knew
he
didn't
stand
a
chance.
623
Right
from
the
beginning,
his
own
lawyer
knew.
624
Boy, oh, boy.
I'm telling you,
this guy here is really something.
625
The kid
had a lawyer.
He presented
his case.
626
- How come you got so much
to say?
-
Lawyers
aren't
infallible.
627
-
He
was
court
appointed.
-
What's
that
supposed
to
mean?
628
It could mean he didn't
want the case...
629
...or he resented it.
The
case
brings
him
nothing.
630
No
money,
no
glory,
not
even
much
chance
of
winning.
631
Not a very promising situation
for a young
lawyer.
632
He'd
really have
to believe in his
client to put up a case. He didn't.
633
Of course he didn't.
Who
the
heck
could?
634
Maybe
some
guy's
mother
or
somebody...
635
Aw, look, will you look
at the time? Come on.
636
Pardon me. I have made
some
notes
here...
637
...and
I
would
like,
please,
to
say
something.
638
I
have
been
listening
very
carefully...
639
...and
it
seems
that
this
man
has
some
very
good
points to make.
640
From what was
presented at the trial,
the boy looks guilty
on the
surface.
641
- But maybe if we go
deeper-?
- Come
on, will you?
642
There's
a
question
I'd
like
to
ask.
643
Let
us
assume
that
the
boy
did
commit
the
murder.
644
Now this
happened
at 10
minutes after 12.
645
Now, how was
he caught by the police?
646
He came back home
at 3:00 or so...
647
...and
he was captured by
two detectives in his
house.
648
Now, my question is, if he
really
had
killed
his
father...
649
...why
did
he
come
back
home
three
hours
later?
650
Wouldn't he be
afraid of being caught?
651
He came for his
knife. It's not nice
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