Re: 12 Angry Men Turns 50"But juror # 8, Henry Fonda, just happened to have found an identical looking one [knife] during a night time stroll through the defendant's crime-ridden slum neighborhood."Dear Editor:I used to work in a theatre when I was in college and remember when I saw this movie long ago thinking how dumb the plotline was, mainly because one juror changing the minds of eleven others would be so unlikely as to be next to impossible (but as juror #8 would say, "It is possible!").However, THE major hole in it is juror # 8’s stroll through the neighborhood in question. I was on a jury once for a trial regarding an auto accident, and the judge instructed us jurors in no uncertain terms that we were prohibited from going to look at the scene of the accident on our own. The reason for this is obvious – it violates the rules by introducing extraneous non-evidence masquerading as evidence. Only the attorneys are allowed to present evidence and...(Read Full Post)