12 Angry Men Flashcards

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Premeditated homicide

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First degree murder; a planned and purposeful murder

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Charges

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A formal accusation that a person has committed a crime

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Reasonable dout

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Proposition being presented by the prosecution must be proven to the extent that there could be no “reasonable dout” in the mind of “reasonable person” that the defendant is guilty

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Unanimous

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FULLY IN AGREEMENT

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Grave Responsibility

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Weighty burden, serious obligation

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Double jeopardy

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A person cannot be tried for the same crime twice

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Slums

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A squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people

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Prosecution

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The slide that brings the case against a person accused of committing a crime

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Defendant

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In a court case, the person accused of a crime

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Fifth Amendment

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A defendant is not required to testify against himself or herself

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Cross-examination

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Close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination

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Monopoly

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The exclusive possession, control, or exercise of something

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Abstain

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To choose not to vote either for or against a proposition or hominee

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As Lib

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Speak or perform in public without previously preparing ones words

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Democracy

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A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected represent

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Hung jury

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A jury that is unable to agree on a verdict, the result of which is a mistrial

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Conceivable

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Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally

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Mumbai jumbo

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Language or ritual causing, or intending to cause confusion

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Alibi

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A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place

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Allusion

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A passing or casual reference

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Metaphor

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Comparing to unlike things without using the words like or as

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Simile

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Comparing two things with like or as

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Idiom

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An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements

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Direct characterization

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Te process by which the personality of afictious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets

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Indirect characterization

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Personality of a fictions character is revealed through the characters speech, actions, appearance

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Conflict

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Struggle between opposing forces

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Theme

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Idea/ concept that is central focus to a story, the lesson the creator wants you to learn

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Direct characterization

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Te process by which the personality of afictious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets

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Indirect characterization

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Personality of a fictions character is revealed through the characters speech, actions, appearance

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Conflict

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Struggle between opposing forces

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Theme

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Idea/ concept that is central focus to a story, the lesson the creator wants you to learn