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Twelve Angry Men (Classic Editions)

Reginald Rose

A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote....

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It was discussed in a listener's email, which highlighted its themes of prejudice and morality within a courtroom drama and how it challenged the viewer's perception of reality vs memory in the context of eyewitness testimony.

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I just finished the eyewitness testimony episode and finally have something to write in about the movie 12 Angry Men.

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It was discussed in a listener's email, which highlighted its themes of prejudice and morality within a courtroom drama and how it challenged the viewer's perception of reality vs memory in the context of eyewitness testimony.

"

I just finished the eyewitness testimony episode and finally have something to write in about the movie 12 Angry Men.

That's a good one.

It was made in the 1950s about a jury comprised of 12 Angry Men.

The movie covers a lot about prejudice, morality and everything else that goes along with courtroom dramas.

But one of the penultimate scenes regarding eyewitness testimony, don't want to give it anything away, but it really shows how someone can be completely confident in something they've seen but what might not be really what happened when you look at the details without knowing it.

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