Hello all!
As part of my Law studies, I recently went to watch ’Twelve Angry Men’ at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. We were all extremely excited as we did not know anything about the performance. It revealed a plot where a boy murdered his father and the jury members are given the testing task of deciding whether the defendant was ‘guilty or not guilty’. Out of the 12 jurors, 11 announced they felt the defendant was guilty whilst the lonely one was on his own and declared the defendant not guilty. As a challenging atmosphere in the jury room escalates, crucial aspects that would typically be unnoticed are exposed and slowly but surely, each jury member retracts their decision and changes it to ‘not guilty.
This valuable experience truly revealed the burdensome task of being a part of a Jury and that making quick decisions on a certain case can be fatal. I hope to one day be called for Jury service as early as possible and as many times as possible. It would really boost my aspiration to work as a Barrister and then serve as a Judge!
Ibrahim
