Entertainment & Sports
Jan. 13, 2023
Stream it Tonight! 12 Angry Men (1957)
A value of movies like 12 Angry Men may be to remind us that jury trials are a central aspect of American justice.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Why Watch? In this classic homage to trial by jury, a lone holdout insists that the jurors discuss the circumstantial evidence that seems nearly conclusive proof that a son murdered his father.
A Puerto Rican teenager is charged with stabbing his father to death. Eleven of the jurors believe that his guilt is obvious and are anxious to convict him and get on with their lives. Holdout Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda) argues that the jurors ...
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