The whole room gives Lee's character a look of disapproval when he tries to disprove Fonda's character's recreation of the old man walking to his front door. Then, half of those people went back to the table and voted guilty.
shareWhat? Because they wanted to at least give him a fair shot of testing out how long it would take.
shareMost of the jurors were reasonable men who were willing to hear out Fonda. They might not see his recreation as enough to change their minds but they could see the bad example set by Lee J. Cobb was not one to follow. Therefore, they listened in an orderly fashion. They respected Fonda as a fellow man.
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