Day 7 (Jan 14th)

(Written by Sierra B., photo credit to Sierra B)

Today, the morning was mainly dedicated to finishing our short stories and finishing reading our books from Murder By The Book. We then discussed how to write the report for the book once we finished reading it, which we will probably work on more and present tomorrow.  After this, we ate lunch for an hour at school. The entire afternoon was dedicated to a Mock Trial created by Kat. We had a few different ideas in mind, but eventually we settled on one. The charges of assault and battery were brought against John Kirkland for getting into an altercation with his ex-girlfriend's date. We set up a mock courtroom, and had people play the Judge, the prosecutor, the defendant, the jury, and the witnesses in the gallery. The jury’s verdict was that the defendant was innocent of starting the altercation, but the judge ruled the defendant guilty of the charges.





Overall, the trial was very fun. It was not only a good experience, but it was also an amazing way to better learn and understand the legal system. After the trial, we restored the room, packed up, and left.



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