Life is in their hands — Death is on their minds!
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
death penalty
anonymity
court case
court
judge
jurors
father murder
class
heat
innocence
puerto rico
based on play or musical
courtroom
hostile
courtroom drama
cautionary
callous
doubtful
skeptical