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“Twelve Angry Men and the Creation of a Genre” José Carrasquillo | Ford’s Theatre https://fords.org/twelve-angry-men-and-the-creation-of-a-genre/

“Race and the Jury: Legal Discrimination in Jury Selection” Equal Justice Initiative https://eji.org/report/race-and-the-jury/

“Crime Bill Likely to Omit ‘Racial Justice’ Measure” Ronald Brownstein | Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-15-mn-15839-story.html

“Did Blacks Really Endorse the 1994 Crime Bill?” By Elizabeth Hinton, Julilly Kohler-Hausmann and Vesla M. Weaver | The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/opinion/did-blacks-really-endorse-the-1994-crime-bill.html

“Overview and Reflections” Richard Rosenfeld | Council on Criminal Justice https://reports.counciloncj.org/crime-bill/overview-and-reflections

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Why 12 Angry Men Still Feels So Radical

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chillinglikeshilling

I think this is the third time I've come across a discussion of this movie in the last month so I guess I have to watch it now! On a more serious note, as a person who moved to a new country (not the US) for university and has only recently gained citizenship in that country I am very much incentivized to participate in 'my civic duty'. Despite the flaws in the system and the work that needs to be done to tear it down I am grateful to be enfranchised now. And i hope to bring empathy into the room with me if I am ever asked to be on a jury.

og.monstr

The fact that the US still has the death penalty in places reads to me as the grossest injustice of all, esp considering it inflicts harm on Black people most of all. How a nation's leaders and propagandists can label themselves the pinnacle of civilization while committing such crimes against humanity is beyond me...

Christopher Cole

Ironic that I don't remember who starred in the movie or what the case was even about. Those jurors would've one-tapped a brother 😩. I skimmed a local teen takeover news clip before logging in. Shame how we're so tough on juveniles, yet lax on child predators. Personally, I won't say acknowledging your civic responsibility is corny because I'm over here clutching pearls saying, "Somebody think of the children," while the elite are thinking of your children...

Deanna

This is such a great video 👏👏👏👏