"I had the perfect life until I was in a coma for six years." "And then I woke up and found my fiancée married to another man." "My son doesn't know who I am." "Everything has changed... including me." "One touch, and I can see things... things that happened, things that will happen." "You should see what I see." "(church bells ringing)" "(sl ren Walllng)" "Jeez." "I didn't know I was going fast enough to get pulled over." "Believe me, you ain't." "Come on, man, I'm smoking here." "Look at me." "(laughter)" "Smoking?" "Okay, the Summer Olympics are out." "Uh-huh, yeah." "I wonder what it'll be today." "Another rubber rattlesnake?" " Or maybe a live one." " I could settle for snakes." "It's the little bubble-wrapped offerings that creep me out." ""Could you touch this little chew toy and help save my Kathy's poodle?"" "You're in luck, no bubble wrap." "Bill, bill... credit card." "Ahh." "John Smith, you may have already won" "$10 million!" " Nope." " Not bad, Karnak." "Superior courthouse." "Any overdue tickets?" "It's a jury summons." "Don't worry, I'll write you a doctor's note..." ""Still recovering from coma."" "Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." "Woman:" "Number 12?" "Save the note." "I think this is one court date I'd better keep." "(the me musi c playing)" "Ooh, fall in love, fall in love" "Fall in love" "Fall in love..." "Feel no shame for what you are" "Feel no shame for what you are" "Feel no shame for what you are..." "Fall in love, fall in love" "Fall in love." "(g runts)" "Ah, darn it, back to the dry cleaners." " I'm sorry about that, sir." " Nah, it's not your fault." "They don't put cup holders on these things." "Ah-ha." "Your first time too, huh?" "Yeah." " Vic... my name's Vic Goodman." " John Smith." " Nice to meet you." " You too." "Hey, Vic, am I wrong, or is one side of those scales lower than the other?" "Vic:" "It kind of makes you wonder if someone's got their thumb on 'em, doesn't it?" "(chuckles)" " (bell rings)" " Here's our bus." "Why walk when you can ride?" "That's what I always say." "Tell it to my physical therapist." "Ill do." "(chuckles)" "(gavel strikes) Judge:" "Quiet, already." "Mr. Eddie, would you please repeat your question?" "This time I'd like to be able to hear the young man's answer." "Are you the same Johnny Smith who recently assisted the sheriff's office..." "and by "assisted,"" "I mean in a psychic capacity?" "Yes, sir." " (crowd murmuring) - (g avel strl kes)" "Folks, this isn't Jerry Springer." "Approach, gentlemen." "You too, Mr. Smith." "I take it you have a problem with Mr. Smith here?" "Well, yes... he claims to be a psychic, Your Honor." "He does, does he?" "Okay, I'm thinking of a number between one and 10." "It doesn't work that way, Your Honor." "You're not like that fat lady on TV, with that psychic network?" "No." "Who?" "Wife loves her." "It drives me nuts." " You ever been committed?" " No." "And you're not on any antipsychotic medication?" " No." " Your Honor, at the very least," "Mr. Smith's notoriety could distract the jury." "It may even set up grounds for an appeal." "Mr. Smith, is the defendant guilty or not guilty?" " I don't know, Your Honor." " Good answer." "As far as I'm concerned, we've all got a sixth sense." "It's called our conscience." "Can I count on you to use yours and judge this case fairly?" "Yes, sir." "Mr. Smith, you're juror number 12." "We saved you a seat." "Lawyer:" "Meet Carl Winters." "He's 17." "Now, the defense will tell you that he's a high-school junior who enjoys movies, sports, like a lot of youngsters you may know... your neighbors' kids, maybe even your own." "So how, you may wonder, does such a clean-cut young man like this wind up here... accused of armed robbery and murder?" "The answer to that will become apparent when you meet the other Carl Winters." "I ran for my life outside to the parking lot." "That's when I heard the gunshots." "And then I saw the boys run out." "Now, the gun is clearly visible in Carl Winters' belt." "He was the only person in that store who could have shot that clerk." "My client, Mr. Winters, does not deny being at the store." "He does not deny his misbehavior, but that is all that it was..." "misbehavior." "He did not kill anyone." "Those were not gunshots that the witness heard... they were beer bottles breaking in the store." "Judge:" "You must consider the evidence and testimony, decide for yourselves what the facts are, and render a verdict... guilty or not guilty." "I can't believe he's making us start this late, and on a Friday." "Guess he doesn't expect us to be in there long." "Excuse me, Mr. Smith?" "Hi." "I just wanted to tell you what an honor it is to be serving with you." " An honor?" " Oh, absolutely." "I've followed your career." "See?" "See?" "Yeah, the occult is sort of a hobby of mine." "Occult, huh?" "I never thought of myself as..." "I was wondering, could I interview you later for my web page?" "Uh..." "I think you know that's inappropriate." "Gosh, gee, I'm sorry, Mom." " Did you hear that?" " Man:" "Lobster got my pinkie... 23-pounder, claws the size of catcher's mitts." "Ouch!" "Personally, I'd hoped the case would be more twisty... you know, like a good mystery." "At least we're going to be out of here fast." "I've got a big ballgame tonight." "Pedro is pitching against the Yanks." "Just between you and me, he's guilty, huh?" "You must have known it the second you walked in that jury box." "If the rest of us could take seats, and I think we should do that by number, starting on my right." "Who elected you?" "I'm just trying to get us seated properly so we can elect a foreman." "Let's cooperate, people." "We've got work to do." "(muffled screa ms)" "Well, anybody actually want the job?" "I don't know if he's interested, but I nominate Mr. Smith." "What?" "What?" "Oh, come on, it makes perfect sense to have a certified psychic as the leader." "Duh." "Sure, if you want our fortunes told." "Look, can we please be serious here?" "Not to slight Mr. Smith's credentials... but I am the president of my PTA." "Sister, if you want it, you can have it." "Great." "She's elected." "Let's vote." "Fine." "Fine, thank you." "So, I'll start, and we'll proceed by number." "Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " Guilty." " You're a dead man, Winters." " Ahhh!" "Man:" "They got Winters!" " Guilty." " Guilty." "Number 12?" "Mr. Smith, your vote?" "Not guilty." "(sl ghs)" "That's 11 votes for guilty, one for not guilty." "We've all got ears." "Yeah, I just don't believe mine." "Did you just walk out of a different courtroom than the rest of us?" "I'm not saying he's innocent, but there's a whole lot of evidence to consider." "Yeah, and it all says he's guilty." "Maybe, but I think we should all go through it once more." "So..." "(clears throat)" "Mr. Smith wants to go over the evidence again." "How do we all feel about that?" "Mr. Smith..." "may I call you Johnny?" "My name is Ben Cartwright... not the one from the Ponderosa, as you may have guessed." "Johnny, we just heard three days of evidence... and I, for one, didn't hear anything that would begin to raise the first hint of doubt in my mind." "10 people at this table agree with me, and you want to go through the evidence again." "Fine." "I'll go down that road with you, but at least give us a reason why you still have doubts, because that's the fundamental issue here... reaso nable do ubt." "I just want to be sure we haven't missed anything before we return a verdict that could cost a young man his life." "His life?" "The guy is going to get 25 years max, and that means with parole, he's out in 15." "Witnesses, gunshots, videotape... where's the reasonable doubt, Johnny?" "It's open and shut, man." "Come on." "Man:" "He's right." "(chatter)" "Y'all thirsty?" "That's your problem, man." "That's your problem, black man." " Naw, that's your problem." " We're comin'." "Ho be runnin' thi s jo Int?" "There were three cars." "Three cars?" "What do you mean, three cars?" "There's a discrepancy in the witness testimony." "Both the witnesses said that there were two cars in the lot." "The other one, the old man, actually saw three." "Two, three, what's the difference?" "The difference, if it's true, is there could've been another witness, or even another suspect." "Wait a second." "I heard the old guy say in court there were two cars, didn't I?" "I heard that, too." "Yeah, but it's not what he told the police in his affidavit." "Why, he's right." "The witness did tell the police there were three cars." "Then why'd he change his story when he testified?" "Maybe he just made a mistake at first." "I don't think so." "Man:" "It's a detail." "We can't let a killer go based on some technicality." "You saw the third car." "You saw the third car, didn't you?" " Didn't you?" " What is he talking about?" "What has this got to do with anything?" "He didn't read the affidavit." "I was watching him." "He touched it." "So?" "So that's what he does." "He touches things and has paranormal cognitive episodes." "Visions, he has visions, and I watched him do it." "Is that what this is about?" "Excuse me... this does not change what the police report says." "I told you so." "I told you." "This is so cool." "You've got to be kidding me." "You are about to enter another dimension," " a dimension of..." " Cool it, okay?" "Johnny, right?" "Never mind whether all of us actually believe" " in this psychic hoodoo..." " This is all inappropriate." "But we're supposed to be looking at the evidence." "Jeez." "He's right, though." "Is this part of your nightclub act?" "If so, pick another venue next time..." "Sir, we are here to find out the truth, and I'm not going to ignore what I know." "What you know?" "Do you believe that?" "What he knows." "That kid Winters is guilty." "We have to find him guilty, and no sideshow medium is going to convince me otherwise." " Psychic." " What?" "Mediums communicate with the dead, or more accurately, the disembodied spirits." "Mr. Smith's visions, if I understand them correctly, are more touch-initiated, clairvoyance, sensing the past and the future, some clairsentience, perhaps." "It's, you know..." "These are all abilities that are generally considered psychic... generally." "Fine." "If you believe that Carl Winters didn't kill that man, then please... by all means... tell us who did." "Open the register!" "I said, open the register!" "Well, was it Winters or not?" "(cll cks)" "I don't know." "The guy who did this was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt." "Yeah?" "What color were his socks?" "Carl Winters was wearing a dark sweatshirt that night." "The man who did this has done it before." "He's robbed convenience stores." "Like you have to be a psychic to figure that out." "But they're always privately owned." "They're not chain stores." "Why?" "Because there's less security in the mom-and-pop stores." "The man sounds like a professional." "A gun makes you a professional in this business." "The cashier was too slow." "He killed a man just for being too slow." "Look at the gun in your hand, my friend." "That is the murder weapon, is it not?" "Yes, this is the murder weapon." "We saw the defendant with that gun on the security video." "With a gun." "We have no idea if it was this one or not." "There's nothing." "There's no fingerprints, there's no evidence proving that this is Mr. Winters' gun." "Perhaps he wiped it before tossed it." "Well, sure." "He's not a complete dummy." "Does anyone here buy the defendant's story that the gun on the tape was a toy, and that he can't find it now?" "Of course not, because there's only one gun... that one, the murder weapon." "Is there anything else, Johnny?" "Face it." "He's guilty." "I think it's time to vote again, and if Mr. Smith is still the only holdout," "I hope he will do the responsible thing and change his vote." "That is, I believe, how the jury system is supposed to work, Mr. Smith." "I've never been on a jury before, probably no one like me has... but I have a doubt." "Is it a reasonable doubt?" "I don't know yet." "If you'd seen something else while you were holding it..." "Once again, all those who think the defendant is guilty..." "Mr. Goodman... what if your brother was innocent, sir?" " This guy doesn't quit." " What's this now?" "How do you know about my brother?" "I know that 12 jurors like us sent him to prison." "Maybe they were in a rush to get home that day, too... and they didn't give him the benefit of a doubt." "All those who believe the defendant is guilty, please raise your hands." "Mr. Goodman?" "Mr. Goodman?" "Look, I don't believe everything that he says... but I want to give him a chance to prove us wrong." "I'm changing my vote for the moment." "Not guilty." " Okay, get the bailiff." " What just happened here?" "Woman:" "That has nothing to do with the case." "This has to be the oddest case of jury tampering I ever heard of." "What did he do, brainwash Mr. Goodman?" "Nobody forced me to change my mind." "I made my own decision." "This may make for an interesting appeal after all." "But in the meantime, why don't you all give it another shot?" "Your Honor?" "Since it's getting late, let's put in a supper order... my treat." "The rest of us were thinking Thai, but there's this new Italian joint that just opened up, might be worth a try." "Your Honor, excuse me, but I don't think you understand what's been going on in here." "This man is refusing to deal with the facts." "That is a serious charge." "Mr. Smith?" "I have questioned some testimony, Your Honor, but only to determine what the real facts are." "Such as?" "Mr. Smith had a... vision that suggested there were three cars at the crime scene" "Witness reports confirm that the old man walking his dog changed his story." "Sounds to me like the process is working fairly well." "Just remember that this case has to be determined on its merits, and not on yours, Mr. Smith." "Now then, what's the verdict..." "Thai or Italian?" "I can't believe this." "The bailiff just tells me Pedro Martinez is perfect against the Yanks through seven innings, and I'm stuck in a room with no TV." "I still say we should have gone Italian." "Fortunately, we only need a majority to decide on dinner." "Yo u had the Water, rl ght, sl r?" "You want to keep us here all night with your visions, be my guest." "I have as much time as you, my friend, and I'm not going to let you hijack this jury." "This is crazy." "That judge is crazy." "You are crazy." " This whole thing is just..." " Crazy, baby." "We get it." " You think this is a joke?" " Just chill out." "This is supposed to be a court of law." "I don't think we should be fighting." "It's not helping." "Yeah, and this curry is not helping my digestion." "Look, we have a responsibility here." " I agree with you, sir." " Don't you patronize me." "Don't you dare patronize me." "You have no idea what it means to be a black man on a jury voting to send a black kid to prison... but that's my responsibility." "I have to send a message, and every black kid out there has to hear it." "My kids have to hear it." "Actions have consequences... and this kid Winters has to face the consequences for what he did." "I moved my family here from New York to get away from gangs and street crime... but here it is again, rl ght here In Peno bsco t Co unty." "It makes you wonder if there's anyplace left in this whole country where we really feel safe anymore." "You know exactly what I mean." "When was the last time anyone here went to an ATM at night, hmm?" "That comedian, Chris Rock, he has a whole routine about it, about looking over his shoulder for the nigger who's going to rob him." "I sat in an audience in New York, and the whole place was laughing..." "I mean, blacks, whites," "Latinos, Orientals," "East Indians, everybody... just howling with laughter... 'cause it's all just a joke... just a big joke." "Look... if I don't change it, it's not going to change." "I'm just a man on a jury, but I know my responsibility... and that is to send this kid, this Carl Winters, to prison for the crime he's committed." "All right, let's say five minutes and we'll get back to work." "At least no one is rushing to convict anyone right now." "That's our first responsibility, Mr. Smith, and yo u Were rl ght abo ut that." "Yo, Apu, check it out, man." "Why don't you give me two packs of them Nubucks?" " Are you 18?" " Come on, stop playing." " I'm 25." "Hook it up." " You have ID?" "Ooh, Cheetos." "How'd you know this was my favorite?" " What are you doing?" " What's your rush, baby?" "Leave her alone!" "Get out of my store!" "Guys, leave her alone, please." "The camera's recording you." "Leave her alone." "Yo, check it out." "We're on TV." "Check this out." "Say hello to my little friend." "What are you doing?" "Get down from there." " I'm calling the police." " Yo, chill out, bitch." "What are you doing?" "Put those back." "I saw you stealing them." "I saw you stealing them." "Put those down!" "Look at this mess." "Look what you did." " Get out!" " Apu, cleanup in aisle two." "I told you, get out of my store!" "(do o r chl mes)" "I said, open the register!" "I said, open the register!" "The convertible was leaving the parking lot" "When the clerk Was killed." "It was leaving the parking lot." "It was the last thing the clerk saw before he died." "Oh my God." "This is evidence from a dead man." "If it's true, then Winters is innocent." "If you people go down this road again," "I'm going right back to the judge." "He's right." "I'm not a witness, so anything I may have seen is irrelevant... unless, of course, I can find some real evidence." "Madame Foreman, would you ask the bailiff to show us the security video again, please?" "Satisfied?" "No one's hiding in there, and the camera doesn't lie." "Man #1:" "It also doesn't cover every corner." "Man #2:" "It doesn't even cover the back door." "That poor woman." "All rl ght, g un..." "rl ght there In hl s Wal stband." "Ben:" "Sure doesn't look like a toy to me." "Man #3:" "Mm-hmm." "And..." "that's all she wrote." "Wait, wait, wait." "Can you reverse it?" "Sure." "You're the director." "John:" "Okay, stop." "Man #3:" "I still don't see anything." "Wait." "Freeze it." "Man, this is totally cool." "Check that out in the back corner." "What?" "There's nothing." "No, that mirror... the kind they use to snag shoplifters with..." "I think I saw something in it." "Okay, now, run it again as slow as you can." "Stop." "Excuse me." "Mrs. McArthur, can I borrow your glasses, please?" "Oh, yes..." "yes, of course." "Okay, now, shuttle it frame by frame." "McArthur:" "Somebody's leg." "Damn it, will you look at that?" "I told you so." "John:" "Thank you." " Not guilty." " Guilty." "Not guilty." "Not guilty." "Not guilty." "Not guilty." "Guilty." "Not guilty." "Not guilty." "Not guilty." "Not guilty." "Not guilty." "Well, we now have 10 votes for not guilty, and two for guilty." "I'm voting guilty because the evidence is overwhelming that he's guilty." "That doesn't prove a thing." "It doesn't have to prove anything, Mr. Cartwright." "It o nly has to establl sh reaso nable do ubt." "There was another man in that store, someone who seemed to be deliberately avoiding the security camera." "And another suspect is definitely reasonable doubt." "It could have been someone who was scared hiding back there." "Then why didn't he come forward to testify?" "Some people don't like to get involved." "The prosecution staked their case on one simple fact... that Winters was the only one who could have shot the clerk." "And Johnny proved them wrong." "Give the guy some credit." "He came up with the goods." "I'm not changing my vote." "Doesn't seem like you have a choice." "Sure he does." "He has every right to stick to his opinion... the same way I did when the vote was 10 to two the other way." "The same goes for you." "I'd like to hear why you still think he's guilty." "This woman..." "she said she heard gunshots before the boys came out of the store." "She's right." "The defense lawyer argued that what she heard was the beer bottles breaking." "Come on, use your heads." "Of course he's going to argue she heard the bottles breaking." "Otherwise, he has no case." "Since when do bottles sound like guns?" "She said she heard gunshots... and I believe her." "See?" "There's another vote you're not going to change." "Hey, yo, Apu, man, check it out." "Give me two packs of them Nubucks right there." " Are you 18?" " Come on, I'm 25." "Hook it up." " Then you show me some ID?" " Ooh, Cheetos." " You put those back." " Baby, what's the rush?" "Everybody get out." "Stop this." " You don't you like us?" " Get out of my store!" " Go!" "Out!" "Get out!" " Stick around, girl." "We're going to have a little party up in here." "Leave her alone!" "The camera's watching." " Check it out." "We're on TV." " Get out." "Check this out." "Chill out, man." "(bo ttles breaking)" "I can only begin to understand... the terror..." "how completely helpless the woman in the store must have felt when that gang grabbed her." "No man... could ever know what it's like... to be threatened that way." "She Was running fo r her life when she heard the sounds in the store." "Two quick pops..." "pop, pop!" "She said it in court." "Sure, it must've sounded like gunshots." "After all, she saw a man with a gun inside." "But who could trust their senses at a time like this... when all you can hear is your heartbeat pounding, pounding, louder than anything in the real world?" "Oh, no!" "No!" "It's natural to sympathize with that woman." "She was a victim, too... but assault is not murder." "It's not the crime that Carl Winters is on trial for." "Unless we are sure that he murdered that clerk..." "Shut up!" "Just shut the hell up!" " Mr. Cartwright..." " You, too!" "All of you, just shut up and listen to me." "We came in here knowing what we had to do... knowing the truth... and then you let this..." "this nutcase twist it all up." "It's like he's put you in a trance." "You're not thinking for yourselves." " Calm down, buddy." " I'm not your buddy," "And I'll calm down when I have a reason." "Shadows and broken bottles..." "that's what he's feeding you, and yo u call that reaso nable do ubt?" "I call it unreasonable!" "10 people in this room disagree with you, sir." "11." "I'm changing my vote to not guilty." "I don't believe this." "Well, it's 11 votes to one for acquittal." "Well, I don't care what the rest of you think." "I'm not changing my vote." "Mr. Cartwright, if you force the state to try him again, all the evidence will come out at the next trial." "Well, at least the next jury won't have to deal with you... and once you're out of the way, they'll see the truth." "Guilty!" "The man is guilty!" "Who's guilty..." "Winters, or the gangbanger that almost killed your son?" " Hey!" "Hey!" " Hey!" "It's okay." "Leave him alone." "Oh my God." "Is it possible?" "Am I judging the wrong man?" "John:" "Mr. Cartwright... we all entered this room with our pasts... every single one of us." "(g avel strl king)" "Judge:" "Have you reached a verdict?" "We have, Your Honor." "Will the defendant please rise?" "And how do you find?" "We find the defendant, Carl Winters," " not guilty of all charges." " (cheering)" "(laughter)" "Members of the jury, this court thanks you." "You're free to leave." "The Yanks got to Pedro in the ninth." "Bernie Williams pops one over second between three guys." "It falls, two runs score, and we lose two to one." " Curse of the Bambino." " Yeah." "Hey, listen... there's a 24-hour sports bar around the corner." "You want to grab some breakfast, maybe catch the highlights?" " Okay." " All right." "That was really intense... but you couldn't tell us who did it, could you?" "(laughter)" "What did I tell you?" "What did I tell you?" "Well, why don't you?" "Go and touch him, see what he does with his second chance." "I'd be lying if I told you I hadn't thought about it." "But you know what?" "We've done what we can for him." "Now it's up to him." "I've got to go over to the sheriff's office, describe the car the real killer was driving." "It's a sedan from the late '60s... shouldn't be too hard to track down." "Saying goodbye?" "I was just wondering what she'd look like without the blindfold." "(chuckles)" " No." " Yes." " No." " Yes." "You're grounded."