12 Angry Men

g up points to prove that elderly man did not hear the boy. First, the old man who lived downstairs said he heard the kid yell out "I'm going to kill you." A second later he said he heard the body hit the floor. Now he ran to the door and he saw the kid running down the stairs and out the house. A few of the jurors could not understand how the old man could here the boy's voice from the ceiling, but quickly one of the jurors pointed out that since it was a hot night the windows had been open. Although, some jurors believe that it would be hard to identify the voice from another apartment, particularly a shouting voice. Juror #8 begins to remember that an El Train was directly next to the apartment and was running that night. He begins to convince the other jurors by stating that a six car El Train takes about 10 seconds to pass any given point. Imagine that the given point is the open window where the killing took place. Now the old man says he heard the boy say, "I am going to kill you" and a second later heard the body hit the floor. The woman across the street said she was the boy kill his father thro
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