6a part two
One determined and skilled individual can wield a lot of influence. This is true in the 12 angry men story. If you look at how juror 8 and how skilled he was in showing the "facts" but in a more logical way, made the members of the jury change there mind. For example he did a little reenactment of the old man getting up to see boy run from the house and said there was no way he could of got up in time.
While I agree that juror 8's skills as a speaker aided in the swaying of the other jurors, he/she simply stated the facts that tore holes in the prosecution. It was more important to the case that he stood by his decisions than it was that he was a good speaker.
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