12 Angry Men

Identifying Arguments An elderly witness says he heard the accused boy say, "I'm going to kill you" to his father, but several of the jurors believe this elder witness could not have heard the boy. An elder juror states that the man might have said this "to be important." The elder juror states: It was just that I looked at him for a very long time. The seam of his jacket was split just under …showed first 75 words of 1919 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1919 total…can get rid of by giving a verdict of guilty. The issue of whether this kid is an immigrant is not relevant to the conclusion of the argument. He is taking this case personally because he feels that the immigrants will take over. None of his reasons are related to the issue at hand. This is also an example of testimonial fallacies because the conclusion of voting guilty is based upon this authority of juror #10.