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In the Play and Movie Twelve Angry Men,one Juror Persuades

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In the play and movie Twelve Angry Men,one juror persuades all the others to change their verdicts.Draw on studies of social influence to explain how juries make decisions-and when an outcome like that described in Twelve Angry Men is likely to occur.


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