The best trial drama

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2006)

A trial is held, the accused being a boy who is suspected to have killed his father. We don't see how the crime was committed, instead we hear how it happened a little bit at a time when the juries are talking.
At first, all juries seem convinced that the boy did murder his father. They all vote on guilty except one jury who seems to think otherwise. He comes up with logical theories that slowly turns other juries' opinion on whether the boy could really have committed the murder.
Juror #8's theories prove that the court's decisions can always be wrong, no matter how many distinguished and intelligent people have worked on the case. The conviction of the boy by other juries show how easily people can be swayed and follow general public's opinion even the juries. Juror #8's analytics of the case ultimately show us that anything done by humans can always have errors, even when a life of a human being depends on the cost of the errors.