"I've got a good mind to walk around this table and belt him one!"
[NO. 7 opens the window a bit wider. The guard looks them over and checks his count. Then, satisfied, he makes ready to leave.]
“The children who come out of slum backgrounds are potential menaces to society
“Take a look at that knife. It's a very strange knife. I've never seen one like it before in my life and neither had the storekeeper who sold it to him.”
Trauma affects our future decisions.
“He's an old man. You saw him. Half the time he was confused. How could he be positive about anything?”
"This is the reason I came here. I wanted to have the right to disagree. In my own country, I am ashamed to say that."
How you treat people in a relationship can be contagious.
“I want to call for a vote. I want eleven men to vote by secret ballot. I'll abstain. If there are still eleven votes for guilty, I won't stand alone. We'll take in a guilty verdict right now.”
"For an old man who uses canes, it's a long walk."
“Since when is dishonesty a group characteristic? You have no monopoly on the truth.”
"You want to see this boy die because you personally want it—not because of the facts."
Everyone deserves the chance for justice to be served.
[Seven or eight hands go up immediately. Several others go up more slowly. Everyone looks around the table. There are two hands not raised, NO. 9's and NO. 8's. NO. 9's hand goes up slowly now as the foreman counts.]
