And they would really succeed in achieving their common aim if it were not for the eighth juror (played by Henry Fonda in the 1957 movie adaptation), who, on second thoughts, considers it his duty to convince his colleagues that the defendant may be innocent after all, and who, by doing so, triggers a lot of discussion, confusion, and anger.
I u tome bi i uspjeli da nema osmog porotnika (kojeg u filmskoj adaptaciji iz 1957. glumi Henry Fonda), koji, s druge strane, smatra da je njegova dužnost uvjeriti svoje kolege da bi optuženik mogao biti nevin, i koji, čineći to, pokreće niz diskusija, konfuzije i bijesa.