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