The power of dissent
In the great 1957 film "Twelve angry men" (from the play of the same name written by Reginald Rose), Henry Fonda stars as the lone hold-out in a jury of twelve, unpersuaded by the evidence against the defendant in the murder case they are hearing. For the remainder of the film, he gradually cajoles and persuades the other eleven jurors to agree with him and acquit the defendant. The other jurors are keen to get back to their normal lives,