First off 12 Angry Men was a great courtroom drama which deals with the post trial and what goes on with the jury deliberations.
With that said the son did kill his father but he was guilty of manslaughter not intentional murder. Despite Henry Fonda aka Juror 8 pleas that someone else murdered the abusive father it does not hold up to logic. To assume that someone else murdered the father it is extremely convenient that the killer had an almost identical murder switchblade as the son. We most also assume that the killer took a big chance that the father would be alone so the killer would bring a gun. I know the other tenants would hear the gunshot but given the neighborhood it would be overlooked. Juror 8 says look at how the father was stabbed. Two problems. One the son was likely unexperienced with the knife or most likely the son was enraged. As for all the other points that was just speculation.
So in closing the son was guilty of manslaughter not murder.
With that said the son did kill his father but he was guilty of manslaughter not intentional murder. Despite Henry Fonda aka Juror 8 pleas that someone else murdered the abusive father it does not hold up to logic. To assume that someone else murdered the father it is extremely convenient that the killer had an almost identical murder switchblade as the son. We most also assume that the killer took a big chance that the father would be alone so the killer would bring a gun. I know the other tenants would hear the gunshot but given the neighborhood it would be overlooked. Juror 8 says look at how the father was stabbed. Two problems. One the son was likely unexperienced with the knife or most likely the son was enraged. As for all the other points that was just speculation.
So in closing the son was guilty of manslaughter not murder.