* ActingInTheDark: The actors playing the jury weren't given scripts, so they weren't aware how the case would turn out.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The movie was filmed in Vancouver, though vaguely set in America. WordOfGod is that he wanted to make the movie seem like it could take place anywhere.
* TheCastShowOff: The filmmakers saved a lot of money on special effects when Creator/JenniferCarpenter pointed out she could do all those weird poses herself.
* DawsonCasting: Emily is an eighteen-year-old college student. Jennifer Carpenter was twenty-five.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** Jennifer Carpenter was told to watch ''Film/ThePassionOfJoanOfArc'' to prepare for one scene.
* ExecutiveMeddling: [[spoiler: Dr Cartwright was supposed to have a heart attack]]. The studio however wanted the death to be more dramatic.
* FakeAmerican: Tom Wilkinson is British playing the American Father Moore.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The movie was originally supposed to be a period piece, but the budget constraints convinced the director to have the story take place in modern times.
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