History Characters / TwelveAngryMen

The foreman, assigned to moderate the rest of the jury; a job he is not quite qualified for, but he is determined to do his best.

* NiceGuy: Unless you press his aforementioned BerserkButton, he's a all-around decent guy trying to make the right decisions.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Friendly and amicable, doing his best to make sure everybody has a chance to voice their opinion and weigh it against exhibits and evidence. We learn that #1's day job is as an assistant football coach.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the "guilty" voters once the vote reaches 6-6, as the other five have been some form of antagonistic or unpleasant up to that point.

->''"It's hard to put into words. I just think he's guilty. I thought it was obvious from the word, 'Go'. Nobody proved otherwise."''

* TheGenericGuy: The 1997 remake changed him to a physically larger black man and did away with his timidity, but didn't add any further characterization to him.

* HiddenDepths: Despite his initial meekness, he is the one who brings up how the stab wound that killed the victim was angled downwards, despite the defendant being seven inches shorter. This leads to further deliberation on the use of the switchblade, furthering the cause for reasonable doubt.
* NiceGuy: He is a soft spoken guy who tries his best to be nice, even to the more confrontational jurors.
* NoodleIncident: He recalls an incident a few weeks back where he had a squabble with a fellow banker, when expressing doubt over #3's claim that people who yell stuff at the top of their lungs mean what they say. Sadly, #3 interrupts him before he can finish.

* AbusiveParents: It's heavily implied he was this to his own son and they haven't spoken in years as a result.

* DeadpanSnarker: Part of his {{jerkass}} demeanour is that he responds to arguments with deeply sarcastic wisecracks.

** Debatable in regards to #10's bigotry. When the vote reaches 9-3 in favour of acquittal, #3 walks away from the table just before #10 goes into his infamous rant, unlike most of the other jurors who leave during the rant in disgust. Despite both still voting "guilty", #3 keeps his back turned throughout #10's tirade and does not acknowledge or dignify it in any way. Whether it's because #3 is genuinely disgusted or is simply frustrated with the whole case is left up in the air.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: His son used to run away from fights, something that [[DirtyCoward disgusted him]]. He vowed to make a real man out of the boy, but all that accomplished was making him bitter and resentful. They had a serious fight and never spoke to each other since. For this, #3 carries around [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone a lot of pain]] and is prejudice towards the defendant.
* HairTriggerTemper:

* TheHeavy: He's the most vocal juror in favor of declaring the boy guilty, and the one who [[spoiler: holds out the longest]].

** When he contradicts his own, earlier arguments.

* PaperDestructionOfAnger: [[spoiler:He rips up a photo of him and his son during his breakdown and then he finally votes not guilty. He was voting "guilty" simply because of the bad relationship he has with his estranged son, not because of the facts.]]
* PetTheDog: He assumes #5 changed his stance during the second vote and gives him hell for it, but it turns out it was #9. Afterwards, #3 stammers out ''something'' akin to an apology to #5. It's the thought that counts.
* PsychologicalProjection: By the end, it becomes clear that the ''real'' reason he's so insistent on a guilty conviction is because [[spoiler:he's projecting his own problems with his son]].
** RedOniBlueOni: The red to Juror #4's blue; both are pushing the guilty verdict but #3 is doing so for emotional reasons while #4 is approaching it from a purely logical angle.
* {{Sadist}}: #8 deliberately calls him one to rile him up to make a point, that people don't always mean what they say.
* ThinSkinnedBully: Harasses and harangues the jurors of the room but once they get up and confront him like #5 or #6, he turns away from them hoping to not start a scene. He also gets riled pretty easily when #8 accuses him of voting guilty for less altruistic reasons.

* UngratefulBastard and TeensAreMonsters: After his final rant, he glances at the photo of him and his son and angrily says, "Rotten kids. You work your ''life'' out...!" before ripping up the photo. Earlier, he comments that he grew up being taught to respect his elders and that the youth of the time (latter half of the 1950s) were spoiled rotten, lawless, disrespectful and ungrateful, all leading to a swift, sure downfall of society of the time.
* VillainousBreakdown: His final act in the play before the end and final vote. In contrast to #10's breakdown, which was met with disgust, his is more pitiful and invokes sympathy from the other jurors, even the relatively-apathetic #7.

* BreakTheHaughty: One of the pieces of evidence he brings up is that the boy couldn't remember the movie he was watching when questioned by police which brings doubt to his alibi, so #8 asks him if he can remember the movie he has watched from days ago. #4 looks at his most vulnerable in struggling to remember the picture's name and its actors, taking some time to think, getting the film's name wrong and not remembering the lead actress' name; ultimately proving that there was a reason the boy couldn't have remembered his film's name as he was under pressure by police as #4 couldn't remember a film he watched himself outside of police pressure. After his point was shot down, [[NotSoInvincibleAfterAll #4 starts to sweat]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Has a tendency to quip back at some of the apparently less-than-logical theories.
* FailedASpotCheck: He realizes the key witness to the murder could not have possibly identified the boy as the murderer, being 60 ft away in the dark, when she didn't have her eye glasses on in bed. Out of vanity, she deliberately didn't [[TheGlassesGottaGo bring them to court]]. But almost everyone, including Juror #4 who wears glasses, noticed the idents on her nose left by her own pair. He has a reasonable doubt in the prosecution's case, and immediately changes his mind.

* HeroAntagonist: Although he's [[spoiler:the second last holdout for "guilty"]], he's not shown as being a mean person or unwilling to listen to reason; unlike Jurors #3 and #10, he has no personal reasons for his vote and is convinced the defendant is guilty purely because of the evidence presented at the trial.

* NothingPersonal: How he approaches the case and resulting discourse. He makes clear he has no personal bias against the defendant, even expressing sympathy for his terrible background, and is voting guilty based solely on the evidence. He also keeps his discussions with other members relatively civil and avoids making things personal, the sole exception being Juror #10, who he makes no effort to hide his disdain for, which is more than justified by #10's openly bigoted and bellicose attitude.

* PunchClockVillain: As said under HeroAntagonist, despite being on the antagonistic side of the movie he is just doing his duty as a juror, and only because he actually believes the evidence to support his thesis.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's a stockbroker in his day job. He always speaks in a calm voice and is evidently very used to being treated seriously.
* SharpDressedMan: He is always in a nice suit but won't take it off even in the heat.

* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's the most logical and calculative of the group, and his glasses [[StealthPun reflect]] that. This is further exemplified by his frames being octagonal, symbolizing how he looks at things from every angle before making his judgement.
** [[spoiler:His personal experience as someone who wears glasses regularly helps him realize that #9 has a very good point about the case's sole eyewitness, who had nose depressions consistent with eyewear. #4 himself confirms that he saw the marks on her nose, and that she would not have worn her glasses to bed, which would have been crucial to her eyewitness testimony. With the witness's eyesight casting her own testimony into question, #4 finally concedes.]]
* TheSpock: He's certainly the most rational of the group, concerning himself purely with the facts. Despite being one of the last holdouts in favor of conviction, he listens to all of his opponents' arguments with an open mind. Once all of his objections have been rebutted, [[spoiler:he changes his vote without complaint, saying he now has reasonable doubt]].
* TheStoic: The calmest and most collected of the jurors, never raising his voice or showing strong emotions of any kind. He's not completely stoic, though, as a few scenes evidence. He becomes visibly unnerved while being interrogated by Juror #8, and towards the end, expresses annoyance towards Juror #3 (for his obnoxiousness), Juror #9 (for badgering him with seemingly-inane questions instead of getting to the point), and Juror #10 (for being obviously prejudiced against the defendant, instead of arriving at a guilty verdict by the exercise of logic).

* TokenGoodTeammate: Easily the most sympathetic of the final three holdouts, due to voting "guilty" because he really has reached that conclusion through logical thinking rather than emotional baggage (like #3) or prejudiced views (like #10). [[spoiler:He even delivers a ShutUpHannibal to #10 when the latter's prejudice [[VillainousBreakdown goes too far]]. The second that the biggest piece of evidence is put into legitimate doubt, he changes his vote with no further argument.]]

* WorthyOpponent: Near the end of the film he admits that the points Juror #8 made that he initially doubted were "excellent points" before bringing up the final and crucial piece of evidence that there was a witness who saw the murder taking place. Once it was revealed there was reasonable doubt the witness could have seen the murder, he concedes his guilty vote.

->''"I've played in back yards that were filled with garbage. Maybe you can still smell it on me."''

* AmbiguouslyJewish: He's hinted to be some kind of minority, and Jack Klugman, the actor who portrayed him in the 1957 version is Jewish.

** He gets pretty offended once #3 starts insulting the culprit and his poor background as #5 also comes from such a background.
** In 1997, he storms out in fury when #10 launches his racist tirade.
** Juror #3 gets #5 riled up when he starts accusing him of changing his vote to "not guilty" and insists that since #5 grew up in a slum neighborhood, he's the one to blame. Which makes it pretty awkward when it turns out that #9 was the one who changed his vote, not #5.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: #5 had a impoverished childhood, and hated switch knives, seeing enough people get fatally wounded by them in the deprived slums where he grew up. It's thanks to his experience he knows the supposed murder weapon could not match the stab wound on the defendant's father.

* ReverseGrip: His background lets him refute the evidence of the defendant's much taller father having a downward stab wound, something only possible with such a grip. However, he knows no experienced switchblade user would do it; he points out switching to that grip would waste precious time, and that the switchblade is designed for underhanded thrusting.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In the 1997 version during the first bathroom break, he asks #8 how he'll feel if it turns out The Boy was guilty and goes on to commit another crime. Although #8 sticks to his guns, he's clearly rattled by the question. The 1957 version doesn't go that far, having #6 ask #8, "what if you convince us all, and ''then'' we learn that the boy really did kill his dad?" This question does bother #8.
* BrooklynRage: In the 1997 version he has [[Creator/JamesGandolfini James Gandolfini's]] blue-collar Tristate accent and gets loud a few times - most notably early on when he yells at his fellow jurors to be respectful to #9, and at the end when he shouts at #10 during his racist rant.

* DeadpanSnarker: The majority of his dialogue is making wiseass remarks which add little to the proceedings.
* DirtyCoward: When #11 politely asks him a question, #7 insults him for being an immigrant. But when #11 gives him an actual [[spoiler:TheReasonYouSuckSpeech]], #7 cowers and gives #11 the answer he wants to hear.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Even he shows nothing but contempt for #10's racism. Though considering that he insulted #11's immigrant status earlier, this could be seen as hypocrisy.
** For all his indifference, he doesn't condone violence, which is shown when he ''immediately'' holds Juror #3 back from viciously assaulting Juror #8. He was also just as nervous as everyone else when #3 looked as though he was seriously going to stab #8.

* {{Jerkass}}: Aside from constantly insulting the other jurors with his constant pithy remarks, he doesn't care what the decision of the jury is. He's only concerned with catching a Yankees game. [[spoiler:At least the most vicious jurors voted guilty because they believed in it. That said, when called out on this, he does say that he doesn't believe the accused is guilty.]] Fortunately, the game is rained out during the deliberation, so he can relax and pay attention for once.

* TheLoad: As both sides argue for and against the boy's guilt, they soon became frustrated with #7's apathy. He really doesn't care whether the boy is convicted or not if it gets him out of jury duty any faster.
* ObsessiveSportsFan: Very impatient during the session as he has a Yankees game he wants to go to, compares #8's arguments to a person who tries to convince a knocked out boxer won the fight and during a rest period he plays basketball with paper balls and a wall mounted fan.

** He seems genuinely sorry for accidentally hitting #9 with a paper ball while he was playing faux-basketball in the room.
* PluckyComicRelief: The main source of humor in the film. {{Deconstructed}} since while the group was okay with him at first, by the end all the other jurors have had enough of him making light of such a serious situation.

* HanlonsRazor: #8 points out the boy's lawyer, new to the job and inexperienced, did a ''thoroughly miserable job'' of making a convincing defence. Letting him down out of incompetence more than maliciousness.

* MeaningfulAppearance: You wouldn't notice it, as he's without it for most of the film, but Juror #8 wears a white suit. This represents he is unclouded by prejudice and wants to be impartial. Determined to remind the Jurors a man is always innocent ''until'' proven guilty. Some could argue he was like the boy's GuardianAngel that refused to let others punish him for a crime he didn't commit.

* NiceGuy: He is a generally nice and concerned man who is focused on ensuring justice is done right.
* RogueJuror: If not the TropeMaker, definitely the TropeCodifier. In this case, however, [[UnbuiltTrope the rogue juror isn't actually convinced of the defendant's innocence at first]]. He just wants to forestall an overly hasty deliberation and be certain that they do this as best they can.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He has a few key moments of insight which help dismantle the Guilty-voter arguments.
* CoolOldGuy: More so as the movie progresses, which includes taking note of a few small details which the other jurors failed to pick up on, such as the old man's testimony not matching his physical capability [[spoiler:and the woman having eyeglass marks on her nose]].
* HiddenDepths: He's assumed to a doddering old man, but shows he's much smarter and more aware than he may appear.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Aside from our hero (Juror #8), he is the only one who initially wants to hear more about the case, and doesn't give into Juror #3's tirades about degradation.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Though he's still a pretty nasty piece of work in the 1957 version, he at least looks ashamed after being called out on his bigoted tirade, and it's somewhat implied that he's come to genuinely think the boy is not guilty. In the 1997 version he seems more resentful when called out, and makes it clear that his feelings haven't changed despite agreeing to vote non-guilty.
* CharacterFilibuster: He has a [[spoiler:particularly blinkered rant against "the likes of him"]] that causes the other jurors to turn away from him one by one, until #4 shuts him up:

* HeelRealization: Vaguely [[ImpliedTrope implied]]. When he [[spoiler: rants at length about how "they" (the unspecified ethnic group the defendant belongs to) are by nature nothing but a bunch of hotheaded liars and killers, the way all eleven of the other jurors respond with silent open contempt for his views, followed by #4's [[ShutUpHannibal command to sit down and not say another word]]]] causes him to go practically catatonic. He spends the remainder of the deliberation silently [[ThousandYardStare staring at nothing]], and after #4 changes his vote to not guilty, #10 soon follows. It is left ambiguous, if this means he was actually rethinking his views, or if he just felt defeated. The original telepay and the Showtime version aren't as ambiguous; when the final vote is taken, #10 flat out says he believes the defendant is guilty, he's just voting "not guilty" cause he's done butting heads with the others.

* StopBeingStereotypical: Absent in 1957, but very present in his 1997 incarnation as a black supremacist.

* StoppedCaring: In the 1997 remake and the original teleplay, he votes 'not guilty' not out of moral reasons, as he stills holds his prejudice, but because he doesn't care if the defendant is guilty or not anymore on account of being shunned by the others for his prejudice.

** Calling people "my friend." This is coldly thrown back at him when he asks #2 for a cough drop, and is told, "I'm all out... my friend."

-->'''Juror #11''': I beg pardon.
-->'''Juror #10''': "I beg pardon"? What are you so polite about?
-->'''Juror #11''': For the same reason you are not, it was the way I was brought up.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: He takes a moment to gush about the jury trial system, and how it could only happen in a democracy like the United States. They never say where in Europe he came from, but the implication is that the country he was from is ''not'' a democracy. He also berates #7 for refusing to take the process seriously, and makes a point to make sure he is speaking English more properly than the bigoted natural-born #10.
* NiceGuy: Like many of the others, he is an affable gentleman, but not one to cross or insult their duty in the jury room.

-->'''Juror #11''': If you want to vote "not guilty" then do it because you are convinced the man is not guilty, not because [[spoiler:you've had enough]]. And if you think he is guilty then vote that way! Or don't you have the ''guts'' to do what you think is right?

* AmbiguousSituation: If he didn't kill his father, then it's not clear who did or why. For all the jury know, they may have even been someone ''the boy knew'' who killed his abusive father in self-defence, and now the youth is [[FallGuy purposefully taking the fall]] for them (thus guilty of committing the lesser crime of perverting the course of justice). If true, the alternative was to allow the cruel man to beat his son to death.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Evil's a stretch, but it's left deliberately ambiguous if he's guilty or not.
* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Under a lot of stress the night his father argued with him and later died, he went to see a movie, but couldn't remember ''which'' movie. Unfortunately, this paints him to the prosecution as someone deliberately FakingAmnesia.

* KarmaHoudini: If he did in fact kill his dad. But no court in the world gives a verdict of "Innocent", its either "Guilty" or "Not Guilty", for we humans [[HumansAreFlawed can never know everything]], or be absolutely certain of anything (otherwise there'd be no need for trials to start with). The court is looking to determine whether there is enough evidence ''beyond reasonable doubt'' to convict this young man for 1st degree murder. They determined there wasn't, thus are obligated to vote "Not Guilty".

* ViolationOfCommonSense: Returning to the scene of the crime would've been this if he were guilty. If the woman's eyewitness testimony was credible, he'd have heard her scream. The prosecution's argument he did so to clean the murder weapon of prints is also unfounded, as the police were already in the apartment. [[NobodysThatDumb It's so implausible]] several jurors believe he's innocent when they consider this fact.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Although never specified, he is evidently from an underprivileged background, as with Juror #4. This evokes some highly distasteful remarks against "those people" by Juror #10. This could be a racial or social class prejudice, it isn't made clear in the 1954 teleplay nor the 1957 film.
** 1997 does away with the ambiguity: he's clearly Latino.

''{{T|ropeCodifier}}he'' RogueJuror.

An architect, and initially the only jury member to vote "not guilty" because he feels the situation needs to be talked over first.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the jurors when the vote is 6-6. Though he shares this role with #4, he's far less vocal and adamant with his opinion on the boy's guilt.

** Debatable in regards to #10's racism. When the vote reaches 9-3 in favour of acquittal, #3 walks away from the table just before #10 goes into his infamous rant, unlike most of the other jurors who leave during the rant in disgust. Despite both still voting "guilty", #3 keeps his back turned throughout #10's tirade and does not acknowledge or dignify it in any way. Whether it's because #3 is genuinely disgusted or is simply frustrated with the whole case is left up in the air.

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: He gets uncomfortable when he realizes that one of his last remaining allies, #10, is a racist who doesn't give a damn about the defendant's guilt or innocence.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the 1954 teleplay, he threatens physical violence against #10 after one racist tirade too many. The 1957 and 1997 versions downplay this to him [[TranquilFury calmly but cuttingly]] telling him to shut up (then again, considering the nature of the tirade, you might not consider him meaner for a more violent reaction).

* NothingPersonal: How he approaches the case and resulting discourse. He makes clear he has no personal bias against the defendant, even expressing sympathy for his terrible background, and is voting guilty based solely on the evidence. He also keeps his discussions with other members relatively civil and avoids making things personal, the sole exception being Juror #10, who he makes no effort to hide his disdain for, which is more than justified by #10's open racism and bellicose attitude.

* TranquilFury: When he [[spoiler:calls out #10 for his racism]], he keeps his usual even tone, but it's very clear he's thoroughly fed up with the man.

* EverybodyHasStandards: He's the first to get up and face away from Juror #10's racist tirade in disagreement. Unlike the other jurors who do so calmly, [[RageBreakingPoint #5 actually gets angry and slams down the paper he was reading.]]

* RaceLift: From Jewish in 1957 to black in 1997.

* CharacterFilibuster: He has a [[spoiler:particularly nasty, racism-filled rant against "the likes of him [the accused]"]] that causes the other jurors to turn away from him one by one, until #4 shuts him up:

* {{Jerkass}}: He doesn't have any logical reason for his guilty vote; he's just [[spoiler: ''extremely'' racist, to the point where he eventually drops all pretenses and goes on a lengthy bigoted tirade to which the other jurors refuse to listen]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler: He's a bigot whose guilty vote is motivated not by the evidences presented to him, but by his strong prejudice against the ethnic group the boy is a member of, saying that there's "not one of them that is any good", causing him to go in a furious racist monologue after eight of the jurors switch their votes to not guilty]]. After [[spoiler:his racist tirade]], [[EveryoneHasStandards even Jurors #3 and #7 have nothing but contempt for him]].

* {{Profiling}}: That the defendant is a AmbiguouslyBrown young man from a slum is enough for #10 to think he's guilty.
* RaceLift: He's black in 1997, and his racism is aimed at Latinos.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: He launches into a racist harangue once he is left as one of only three jurors voting "guilty", stating "there is not a one of them that is any good!" He gets more and more worked up as the jurors turn their backs on him, one by one, until Juror #4 commands #10 to sit back down and keep his mouth shut. #10 spends the rest of the story sulking in defeated silence.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: His race is never specified, but he is evidently non-white enough to evoke some racist remarks against "those people" by Juror #10. Possibly Italian, Latino, or Jewish? Savoca, the surname of his actor, is an Italian name, but it's unclear.

* {{Profiling}}: A low-class AmbiguouslyBrown young man on trial for murder. Juror #10 thinks he's guilty purely for that.

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnSavoca (1957), Creator/DouglasSpain (1997)

* ThinSkinnedBully: Harasses and harangues the jurors of the room but once they get up and confront him like #5 or #6, he turns away from them hoping to not start a scene.

** For all his indifference, he doesn't condone violence, which is shown when he ''immediately'' holds Juror #3 back from viciously assaulting Juror #8.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Is noticeably unimpressed when #3 and #12 are playing a game in the middle of one of the juror's statements. He was also as nervous as the others when it looked like #3 was actually going to stab #8 with the switchblade.

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LarkinFord (1954), '''Creator/RobertWebber''' (1957), Creator/WilliamPeterson (1997)

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MartinBalsam

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnFiedler

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LeeJCobb

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/EGMarshall

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JackKlugman

!!!'''Played By:''' Edward Binns

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JackWarden

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HenryFonda

!!!'''Played By:''' Joseph Sweeney

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/EdBegley

!!!'''Played By:''' George Voskovec

!!!'''Played By:''' Robert Webber

!!!'''Played By:''' John Savoca

* TheDitherer: The only one who ever [[spoiler:changes his vote ''back'' to "guilty", and then quickly goes back to "not guilty"]].

* AmbiguousSituation: If he didn't kill his father, then it's not clear who did or why. For all the jury know, they may have even been someone ''the boy knew'' who killed his abusive father in self-defence, and now the youth is [[FallGuy purposefully taking the fall]] for them (thus guilty of committing the lesser crime of perverting the course of justice). If true, Tthe alternative was to allow the cruel man to beat his son to death.

* ADogBitesBack: If he was the killer, ending his abusive father can be seen as LaserGuidedKarma for all the violence and pain he subjected him to since he was five years old.

* DogBitesBack: If he was the killer, ending his abusive father can be seen as LaserGuidedKarma for all the violence and pain he subjected him to since he was five years old.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: Returning to the scene of the crime would've been this if he were guilty. If the woman's eyewitness testimony was credible, he'd have heard her scream. The prosecution's argument he did so to clean the murder weapon of prints is also unfounded, as the police were already in the apartment.

* JerkassHasAPoint: When he stated early-on the Guilty votes outweighed the Not Guilty, he was right in saying they could take that to the judge, because they had a supermajority needed for the verdict, and not (yet) a hung jury.

* NervesOfSteel: Doesn't flinch when #3 raises the knife, even with everyone panicking at the idea that he might actually stab him.

* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Under a lot of stress the night his father argued with him and later died, he went to see a movie, but couldn't remember ''which'' movie. Unfortunately, this paints him as deliberately FakingAmnesia.

* AmbiguousSituation: If he didn't kill his father, then it's not clear who did or why. For all the jury know, they may have even been someone ''the boy knew'' who killed his abusive father in self-defence, and now the youth is [[FallGuy purposefully taking the fall]] for them (thus guilty of committing the lesser crime of perverting the course of justice).

* ForegoneConclusion: Whether the jury finds him guilty or not, his life is in ruins. His father is dead, and there's evidently bad blood between his neighbours and he, for them to accuse him of a murder he likely didn't commit.

* KarmaHoudini: If he did in fact kill his dad.