Debating, American law, judicial system, lawyers, jurors, Bill Clinton, George Zimmerman, courtroom layout, argumentative process, trial proceedings
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This document explores the significance of debating in the American judicial system, comparing it to the French system and analyzing its impact through case studies.
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[...] Besides, I will present to you the debate between jurors and how it can overturn a situation in a trial. II. THE SECOND DEBATE BETWEEN JURORS Introduce the movie 12 Angry Men is a courtroom drama film directed by Sydney Lumet and produced by Henry Fonda in 1957. Introduce the case It tells us the story of a young boy accused of a murder and more precisely, of a premeditated murder, the most serious charge in a criminal court. The deceased is his father. [...]
[...] Thanks to his silence, he created ambiguity about the circumstances, and it helped him use the "stand your ground" law. Finally, the jury decided to consider George's wounds as evidence of danger and to acquit him. In conclusion, thanks to debate between lawyers George Zimmerman was acquitted. In France, it would have been different because the system isn't the same, there is no place for debating like in the American judicial system, George Zimmerman would have been immediately sentenced. Conclusion of the importance of debating between lawyers In both cases the debate totally changed the situation. [...]
[...] - The second one (woman eye - witness): the el train was passing at the same time between her window and the boy's house. - One by one, votes are added, now they are four (not guilty) - Thanks to a map, the accommodation jurors can state that the moves are too slow for a young boy and that adds a new argument to defend the boy. - Then one of the jurors became angry, one decided to provoke him more and the first said will kill you" and the second one answered, "really Do you?" - It's a process of mind manipulation, he is not going to kill him, it's a figure of speech, it shows that just because he said he would doesn't mean he actually will. [...]
[...] CONCLUSION The American judicial system is based on debating, indeed we can see it in the courtroom layout which was created in order to highlight debating. Then we saw how much it is important and how it can switch the situation in a trial. It can save lives but it can also break others as we saw. Indeed many thought that the last two cases were unfair and yes debating overturned the situation but was it the right solution? The American judicial system is usually put in question and the outcome of some cases looks totally unfair. Finally, is the American judicial system really fair? [...]
[...] Finally, the allegations against Clinton were renewed. To conclude about this case, there were many debates about the different testimonies, the main question was: Is it true or is it a politic machination against Clinton. In any case, the absolute certainty is that he received a fine of 90 000$ and he was suspended to practise for five years for the Lewinsky and jones cases. The acquittal of George Zimmerman in 2013 In 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old boy was shot by George Zimmerman. [...]
