Juror 3 said that whenever someone says this, they mean it. It does not really mean he wanted to kill him. Even if he did, everyone uses this phrase in everyday life. The boy wouldn’t have screamed that for the whole neighborhood to hear, he is much too clever for that. Also, I do not really think the old man could have heard the boy scream, “I’m gonna kill you.” with an elevated train passing by. I can infer that Juror 9 was once like him too. He seems to really understand this old man. I am so grateful towards this caring but old man. His argument was that I left the verdict up to those other eleven jurors and that he is giving me support. But, Juror 9 finally admitted that it was him would changed his vote. All of a sudden he exploded at Juror 5 and seemed so certain that he was the one who changed his vote. Juror 3 seemed super aggravated when he realized someone else had changed his vote. I am now more believing that he is innocent.

I hoped someone would say he was innocent, so he would not have to die. I also argued that maybe the reason no one remembered him at the movies was because he snuck in. I only wanted to prove to everyone that it is just an ordinary knife, and that someone else could’ve stabbed his father with a similar knife. Maybe that’s why he wants this kid to get convicted- it’s because he reminds him of his own son! Everyone looked at me like I was a dangerous killer when I pulled out that switch knife. His father beat him up regularly, and he lives in a slum! Juror 3 then launched into a pretty embarrassing story about his own son. Even though he has a pretty rough record, you can’t blame him. But how can the woman be really sure when there was an elevated train passing by? Many other Jurors just say he is guilty, and have no reasons.

Juror 10 says that the woman across the street is absolutely right. Jurors 3, 4, 7, and 10 just seem so sure that he is guilty. But, he has been kicked around all his life. It is not so easy for me to send a boy off to die without talking about it first! Right now I’m not sure if I believe this kid’s story or not. After the first vote, I was a little surprised that so many people voted guilty! Eleven people already had their hand raised up for guilty, so I had to vote for not guilty.

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