Groupthink In 12 Angry Men

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When juror number eight stands up to the other jurors and votes not guilty, the other men get upset with him. Additionally, these men try and pressure him into changing his vote, by trying to make him feel foolish for suggesting such an idea. This leads juror number eight to call for a recount, one in which he will abstain from. If it wasn’t for juror number nine changing his vote to not guilty, the group for the second time would have succumbed to the groupthink process. Juror number eight and nine’s choice to stand up to this groupthink process allows for a reasonable analysis of the entirety of the murder trial, where we see evidence that the boy accused may, in fact, be innocent. Likewise, groupthink is a process that affects multiple groups,