12 Angry Men

How can the jurors justify voting for acquittal when faced with this shaky alibi?

four- "the boy's entire story is filmsy, he claimed he was at the movies. Thats a little ridiculous, isnt it? He couldn't even remember what pictures he saw"

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The jurors have to vote to aquit the defendant based upon reasonable doubt, in the same way they cannot convict him on the circumstantial evidence they;ve been provided..... the operative word is doubt. The law requires that jurors convict based clear and convincing evidence..... evidence that is "beyond a reasonable doubt".

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