Juror #5: Boy oh boy, it's really hot, huh? Pardon me, but don't you ever sweat?Juror #4: No, I don't.
Juror #8: Look, there was one alleged eye witness to this killing. Someone else claims he heard the killing, saw the boy run out afterwards and there was a lot of circumstantial evidence. But, actually, those two witnesses were the entire case for the prosecution. Supposing they're wrong?Juror #12: What do you mean, supposing they're wrong? What's the point of having witnesses at all?Juror #8: Could they be wrong?Juror #12: What are you trying to say? Those people sat on the stand under oath.Juror #8: They're only people. People make mistakes. Could they be wrong?Juror #12: Well, no, I don't think so.Juror #8: Do you 'know' so?
It's always difficult to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth. I don't really know what the truth is. I don't suppose anybody will ever really know. Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities - we may be wrong. We may be trying to let a guilty man go free, I don't know. Nobody really can. But we have a reasonable doubt, and that's something that's very valuable in our system. No jury can declare a man guilty unless it's sure.
Juror #2: It's hard to put into words. I just think he's guilty. I thought it was obvious from the word, 'Go'. Nobody proved otherwise.Juror #8: Nobody has to prove otherwise. The burden of proof is on the prosecution. The defendant doesn't even have to open his mouth. That's in the Constitution.
