I know not everyone is bad and some people are super nice, but as I get older and have more life experiences, I am more skeptical. If not, you can wait until being screwed for the third times. It doesn’t happen always, but if it happens to you once or twice, I’m sure you will be like me, be more skeptical of everyone. A person seems to be justified for what he did wrong but then finally, we are all screwed by trusting him. This film leaves me a negative thought of how much I can trust people. But then when we are at the last scene of the film, we realize that the defendant should have deserved a heavy sentence instead of having people’s sympathy. The audience may have a dilemma of sympathizing with the defendant at the beginning because his wife was raped by his victim or determining that murder is murder and it cannot be excused. If you have the best lawyer(s) on your side, chances are you can win even the hardest case, just like O.J. Sometimes, a lawyer may accept a difficult case for fame sometimes, money talks. It indicates that there always are loopholes in the law system and it also raises a question about the ethical issue of a defense lawyer or a prosecutor. 12 Angry Men (1957) did show the disadvantages of a jury but simultaneously, the film indicated that a jury was still play an important role in courtrooms as long as jury members are the responsible and serious.Īnother social issue here is although the defense lawyer know from the outset that the defendant is guilty, he still tries to help his client to have a justifiable motive to commit murder. It’s really difficult for me to choose to completely lean on one side. Second, juries represent the common public and therefore are more likely to judge a case or a defendant based on ethical values of the society.
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First, it may be more difficult to corrupt all 12 jurors than one judge in a case. However, proponents have their arguments. I also doubt about the process of choosing the members of a jury. Since the decision by jury must be unanimous, some individuals may not think of the case seriously because they may not feel personally responsible for the case’s outcome. Additionally, jury members, for their various backgrounds, are not considered as a real good judge in court because in some cases, their thoughts may be more malleable by a defense lawyer or a prosecutor.
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#ANATOMY OF MURDER MOVIE TRIAL#
I do not have a good knowledge about American trial system, but according to my humble research, it has been argued that the federal civil jury system should be abolished to save more time for cases. This film, again, helps me to have a pure view of courtroom in America, especially a jury trial in 1950s. It might be implied that Laura was not raped and her sexual encounter with Quill was consensual.įact: Anatomy of a Murder is a faithful recreation of an actual 1952 murder case in which the defense attorney was John Voelker, who wrote the original novel under the pen name Robert Traver (according to Imdb.) What’s in it for me? Manion cleared of murder, they found a note left by Manion indicating that Manion was actually a heavy drinker and he beat Laura before killing Quill for jealousy. Finally, the jury announced that Manion was “not guilty for reason of insanity.” Next day, when Biegler and his partner went to see the Manions to get their fee for successfully defending Lt. At the beginning, there was no evidence that Laura had been raped but as the trial went on with many twisted information, Biegler and his partners seemed to win the case. The film then happened mainly in a courtroom when Biegler had to fight with two prosecutors to persuade a jury and a judge that his client’s murder case was justified.
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As Biegler prepared for the case, he realized that Laura was actually a flirty woman. Biegler knew that it would be difficult to get Manion cleared of murder, so he found a justifiable motive for his client which was claiming Manion suffered temporary insanity and had no memory of the event. Manion pleaded guilty but claimed that he shot Quill to death because Quill had raped and beaten his beautiful wife. Manion had been arrested for first degree murder of an innkeeper, Barney Quill. One day, a small-town lawyer, Paul Biegler was contacted by Laura Manion, wife of a Lieutenant in U.S.