5a- Jamie Holliday

Facts are the most important details in a criminal case. It pieces together what the court did or did not see. In "Twelve Angry Men", the jurors had no sense of what had happened other than that a young boy is on trial for the murder of his father. As the plot thickens, juror eight brings up one side of a fact and juror three brings up the other view of the facts. Throughout the play, jurors eight and three argue about the interpretations of the facts being corrupted by already planted ideas in their minds. For example, juror ten describes/ identifies the man as an african american when in reality the defendant is italian. These already planted ideas are what make facts tricky. One person can look at a negative point of view, and another person can look at the positive view. In the end, though, juror eight is the one who interpreted the facts for what they are and not for what was seen at first glance.