Miscellaneous

Twelve Angry Men and the Cumulative Weight of Evidence:
Twelve Angry Men, the classic movie discussed in David's post was a great film. But I've always thought that the defendant Henry Fonda's character persuades the jury to acquit was actually...

Logic in Twelve Angry Men
I came across this essay by Joel Warren Lidz on logic and argument in the film "Twelve Angry Men." It originally appeared in the journal Teaching Philosophy.

"Don't know what kind of jury these lawyers wanted, but it wouldn't be a cinematic one"
In "this real-life adaptation of Twelve Angry Men," Muffin MacGuffin lists a factor that might keep a person from getting cast as one of the jurors: both my parents are public defenders...

A Debate on "Twelve Angry Men":
Via Overlawyered, you can find a harsh critique of the classic jury deliberation movie here, and a vigorous defense here....

Twelve Angry Men
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, several of the VC bloggers are making interesting comments on the jury deliberation classic, "Twelve Angry Men." I have two comments of my own. First, I've only read the play, and never seen the movie, but I can't say I'm a fan...

Angry Churches--Stuntz
Judging by Jeremiah Wright?s sermons, Barack Obama?s church seems to be an angry place?angry at white America for the many ways it has held back and held down the black community represented in its congregation...