12 Angry Men Vocabulary

rapport

noun a relationship built on a mutual sense of trust

privilege

noun a special right

Hung Jury

noun A jury that is unable to reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty Because Juror 8 voted non-guilty, there was a hung jury.

motif

noun a reoccurring element The constant mentioning of heat in 12 Angry Men is a motif.

Legal Fallacy

noun a statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference. It is a legal fallacy that president Obama is a communist for supporting national healthcare.

Objective Argument

noun an argument based on facts Juror 8 uses objective arguments to prove the defendant not guilty.

Subjective Argument

noun an argument based on opinions/feelings Juror 3 uses subjective arguments to prove the defendant guilty.

Reasonable Doubt

noun uncertainty as to a criminal defendant's guilt; the level of certainty a juror must have to find a defendant guilty of a crime The jurors had to have enough evidence to prove that he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

bigot

noun a person who hates people of a particular group

sadist

noun a person who takes pleasure in other people's pain

acquittal

noun setting free from the charge of an offense

discrepancy

noun the difference between two things

monopoly

noun the exclusive control of something

executioner

noun the person who carries out a punishment

abstain

verb to refrain from doing

appalled

adj shock

reflective

adjective meditative, deliberating, thinking

unanimous

adjective two or more people fully in agreement. If juror 8 did not vote not guilty, there would have been an unanimous vote for guilty.

meek

adjective shy

subservient

adjective submissive to authority

doggedly

adverb stubborn

belligerently

adverb warlike, argumentative

timidly

adverb shy