My Cousin Vinny: Compare and Contrast In the movie “My Cousin Vinny” the theme was that it happened to be the first case for Vinny. He was to defend his cousin. Not like the real life action where in order to pass the Bar exam you really have to know all aspects of being a lawyer. This fictional story did have some facts in it, but it did show some possible thing that could happen in real life. In a lot of instances the happenings were a little too far-fetched to be believed.
The movie did not really go into much of the activities before the pretrial. The action really happened with the court drama. There are several points that are in the movie that are more for show than for true effects. In the pretrial the Judge went a little
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The judge was more interested in making the character of Vinny look bad. Vinny was not ready to appear in front of a judge of any kind. There are judges out there that probably do hold lawyers to a very high standard. It did seem a little extreme in the movie. The judge should have spoken with the defendants to make them aware of the lack of qualifications of their lawyer Vinny seemed to have. A real Judge would have tried to make it clear to the Defendants about the inability of Vinny to represent. In a way the movie kind of showed that Vinny may not be the best choice of lawyer, when the Judge started talking down to Vinny. The Judge had a second chance of making the defendants aware that Vinny may not be the best qualified at preliminary hearing. When once again Vinny was not ready to go through the process of trial. There is an unwritten requirement of a certain dress code as well as behavior in a court room. Which, Vinny is unprepared to deal with at this point of the movie. Vinny did not take the time to cross examine any of the witnesses or question any of the perceived facts …show more content…
The movie did show that one prospective juror was questioned about certain aspects of the trail. In real life the jurors are questioned by both sets of attorneys and occasionally the judge. Vinny at this point starts doing what an Attorney should do. He started doing is own investigations as well as his own interviews of the witnesses. As any defense lawyer should have and would have been doing from the first part of the case. Vinny had a very late start of the investigation part of the case at hand. As with most lawyers today the investigation is a primary part of any case before, during and at the closing. Lawyers want to have all their bases covered as to not have any surprises they are not ready to address. In the movie Vinny found that each witness had problems with their creditability as to what they saw during the perpetration of the crime being heard by the
In this case, Vinny had to learn as he goes because he had never been in a real trial hearing before. Vinny was a personal injury lawyer in New York. During this case there were three eye witness saying that Bill and Stan were the criminals, who murdered
He simply wanted to show and explain to his readers how the jury system really works. Instead of writing a book solely on the
My Cousin Vinny is an American comedy about two young boys from New York being falsely accused of murdering a store clerk. The movie starts out with Bill and Stan, two young boys, driving through Alabama smirking at the slower way of life down in the South. One of the young boys, Bill Gambini, after being arrested calls his “ma” and asks her to find a lawyer to represent himself and his friend Stan Rothenstein in their legal battle. Bill’s “ma” asks if there are any qualifications the lawyer must have, when she finds out there aren’t, she reminds Bill that his cousin Vinny is a lawyer.
As one of the seven jury deliberations documented and recorded in the ABC News television series In the Jury Room the discussions of the jurors were able to be seen throughout the United States. A transcript was also created by ABC News for the public as well. The emotions and interactions of the jurors were now capable of being portrayed to anyone interested in the interworkings of jury deliberations. The first task,...
This movie goes to show how such crucial facts and minuet evidence if not processed fully and clearly can change the outcome in such a big way. In this jury you have 12 men from all different walks of life, 12 different times, and 12 different personalities. Who have an obligation to come to one conclusion and that's whether or not the young man on trial is guilty of murdering his father or is innocent beyond a reasonable doubt. Under much frustration and lack of patience these 12 men began to get unruly and unfocused. Throughout this distraction key terms get misused, facts get turned around and more importantly emotions start to cross making it hard for these men to produce a verdict.
Not able to remember much about this particular part of the movie, I believe this introductory scene's purpose was to either enhance the realism of the setting by emphasizing the court building's efficient, business like manner or to provide a timeslot in which to roll the credits for producer, director, stars, etc. The settings aren't only built upon through the use of scenery and extras in the movie. Invisible and distant in the play, we see in the movie the judge, bailiff, those witnessing the trial and most importantly of all- the defendant. This is an important change because in the case, we are free to come up with our own unbiased conclusions as to the nature and identity of the defendant, whom we only know to be a 19 year boy from the slums. Seeing his haggard and worn face in the movie changes all of that, yet for better or worse, it engages the audience deeper into the trial as they surely will sympathize with him and can gain some insight into why, later, Juror 8 does so as well.
Were there any instances featured in the film where a plea deal was offered by the prosecution, but not accepted by the defendant, resulting in a significant prison term? If so, explain the case. Do you think the amount of time served in this instance would have been fewer years had the defendant accepted the plea deal? Explain your response. In the case of Patsy Kelly Jarret, she rejected a plea offer offered by the prosecution that resulted in a significant prison term. “In 1973, 23-year-old Kelly Jarrett, a North Carolina resident, drove to Utica, New York with a friend, Billy Ronald Kelly, for a summer-long vacation. It was only when the police showed up at her door three years later, Jarrett says, that she learned that during their New
After this happens, both sides of the trial select which jurors they want to represent their side with the hopes that their picks will help win the case. Voir dire occurred towards the beginning of the movie. About fifty jurors were selected to appear at the questioning but only twelve were selected to participate in the trial. The prosecuting side wanted jurors who were against gun violence, had families, and had lost a family member. The defense wanted jurors who believed in the second amendment and were all for guns. Before the questioning of the potential jurors, both sides did research on them all in order to see if they fit the criteria of what they were looking
After watching this film I felt that the court did not give Ralph Tortorici a fair trial. First of all, Ralph had demonstrated a history of mental illness for most of his life and nothing was done to correct his illness, then the Judge also decided to proceed with the trial despite the evidence from the evaluation of the psychiatrist that Ralph was clearly not mentally stable and he needed to be hospitalized, and lastly Ralph was given an unjust and cruel punishment leading to his suicide due to the lack of help for his mental illness. Through his history of illness, the lack of proper trial and the lack of support for his paranoia schizophrenia demonstrate that Ralph Torto...
My Cousin Vinny is a classic comedy movie involving mostly underrated actors, but somewhat more surprising is the accuracy of which it depicts the court proceedings. The movie portrays all of the significant aspects of an actual criminal trial, however it leaves out less “entertaining” portions of the court process. This being said, I would recommend this movie to anyone who does not have a basic knowledge of courtroom proceedings, as it hits on all of the major aspects of a trial in an exciting and comical manner, keeping the viewer entertained throughout the entire film, which one would not receive from any other piece.
Christopher McCandless and Adam Shepard both did some similar targets in their lives, at the end it lead them to unexpected situations. Christopher McCandless was a young man who didn't believe in society and he chose to get away from that and left everything he had, including his family. He developed important relationships with key people that helped him on his journey into the wild. Similarly Adam Shepard was a young man who left with only $25 and a sleeping bag to go prove his point that the american dream does exist and to see if he can achieve it in a couple of months. Overall comparing McCandless and Shepard, Christopher McCandless had a greater impact in people, motivated many, and was selfish in plenty of good ways.
The film 12 Angry Men depicts the challenge faced by a jury as they deliberate the charges brought against an 18-year-old boy for the first-degree murder of his father. Their task is to come to an impartial verdict, based on the testimony that was heard in court. The group went through the case over and over while personal prejudices, personality differences, and tension mounted as the process evolved. While the scorching hot weather conditions and personal affairs to tend to led the juror to make quick and rash decisions, one juror convinced them the fate of the 18 year old was more important than everyone’s problems an convinced them that they could not be sure he was guilty. Juror three took the most convincing. After fighting till he
As the one juror that felt the boy was innocent continued to try and convince the others that there was a chance that they could all be wrong, most all of the jurors were starting to see the possibility. Every time there was a new reason why he could be innocent, each juror had more to think about. Finally, the argument about the glasses swayed everyone just enough to withdrawal the guilty verdict and set the boy free.
In the film, A Civil Action, Trial Procedure was shown throughout the entire movie. There are many steps that need to be completed before a verdict and judgment can be reached. These steps are the pleadings, methods of discovery, pretrial hearings, jury selection, opening statements, introduction of evidence, cross examinations, closing arguments, instructions to the jury, and the verdict and judgment. The case in this movie was actually called Anderson v. Cryovac. The plaintiffs are the Anderson family, the Gamache family, the Kane family, the Robbins family, the Toomey family, and the Zona family. The plaintiffs’ attorneys are Jan Schlichtmann, Joe Mulligan, Anthony Roisman, Charlie Nesson, and Kevin Conway. The two co- defendants are W.R. Grace and Beatrice Foods. The two co-defendants’ attorneys are William Cheeseman, Jerome Facher, Neil Jacobs, and Michael Keating.
The story as a whole was inspired by Reginald Rose’s experience of jury duty in New York City. At first he was reluctant to serve on the jury, but he ended up telling in a press meet “ The Moment I Walked into the courtroom and found myself facing a strange man, whose fate is suddenly more or less in my hands, my entire attitude changed.” The words from Rose showed the pressure he faced inside the courtroom and his personal conscience he had not to make a mistake with the decision. The overview of the story is an engrossing drama in which eleven jurors believe the accused is guilty,