Runaway Jury

„Runaway Jury” as an illustration of the imperfections of the US judicial system.

To confirm or refute this thesis at the beginning you need to take a look at American judicial system. It's important to know how it works, to be able to comment on the topic. The United States is renowned for having one of the most sophisticated judicial systems in the world. Every day thousands of people, including law enforcement officers, lawyers, judges, government officials and even accused criminals, take part in this system, hoping to settle disputes and work for justice. One of the keys to this success is a balanced and carefully ordered hierarchy: Several different federal courts control issues relating to federal law and each state has its own set of courts that can adapt to the needs of its people. In an adversarial system, litigants present their cases before a neutral party. The arguments expressed by each litigant (usually represented by lawyers) are supposed to allow the judge or jury to determine the truth about the conflict. The most attention we should focus on a jury and  members, who in the movie "Runaway jury" were the most important characters. Jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.

This film shows not only the tragic story of a widow, but most of all shows manipulation and the dark side of the trial. We can see how the President of jury, Nickolas Easter makes contact with Fitch's legal consultant company which sells weapons. Marlee is the woman of Nickolas who works with him but she doesn’t sit on the jury. They manipulate the two parties of trial. They guarantee win for millions of dollars.  They have the own purpose and thirst for justice for the done harms. Each viewer in the end  of film can feel calm because the good wins, but he can also feel imperfections of the US judicial system. Why? Because under the law the jury must issue a decision impartially, in own group with a view to the good of  the complainant. If in reality  are such scams as in this film, it proves of the imperfections of the US judicial system.