Twelve Angry Men

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in as the most convenient suspect.
In the beginning of the book, the twelve jurors file out of the court room, giving last glances to the defendant. The scene shifts into the jury room, where they slowly settle into their seats under the direction of the over-organized foreman. At first, based on their conversation, it seems that it will be a unanimous conviction. But when they take a vote, a single man votes "not guilty."
In the furor that follows, the other jurors immediately begin questioning the man, not understanding how he could possibly think that way. The man, an architect, responds by saying that he "merely wants to talk." Finally, as they see that they cannot bully the architect into going along with the group, he is asked to "tell us what you're thinking and we'll tell you where you're mixed up."
At this stage in the book, the assumption of the other jurors was that the single hold-out was confused. They spend the rest of the time trying to convince him, to get him to ...

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