2. Defendant: A person who is being sued or
accused of a crime in a court of law
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3. Defense: the case presented by or on behalf of
the party being accused or sued in a lawsuit.
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4. Prosecution: the side of a legal case which
argues that a person who is accused of a
crime is guilty
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5. Jury: a group of people who are members of
the public and are chosen to make a decision
in a legal case
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6. Verdict: the decision made by a
jury in a trial
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7. Hung Jury: a jury whose members cannot
agree about what the verdict should be
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8. Reasonable Doubt: the standard that no other logical explanation
can be derived from the facts except that the defendant committed
the crime, thereby overcoming the presumption that a person is
innocent until proven guilty.
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9. Unanimous: every person is fully in
agreement
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10. 12 Angry Men
Written in 1954 by Renigald Rose
Originally written for television
Re-written as a play and screencast and it became a
movie “12 Angry Men” with Henry Fonda
The story was inspired when Rose was chosen to
serve on a manslaughter case in New York City
