Courthouse Assessment

Name:          Mikayla Watson                    Grade:      5               Date of Law Court Tour:April 17

1.      Was this your first time visiting the Law Courts?

    Yes

2.      Which part of the Law Court Tour did you find the most interesting? (Tour of building, tour of actual court rooms, Sheriff’s Talk, Judge’s Talk, Lawyer’s Talk, court case observed, other).      And tell why it was most interesting.

   The most interesting part was probably watching the court cases.  It was intriguing and interesting to watch.

3.      Tell about something you learned from the Sheriff’s talk:

I learned that tazers only stun for 5 seconds and that with pepper spray you need to spray an "X" across the face so that you can get one eye and a nostril and then the other.  Another thing I learned was that he was lucky that he became a Sheriff because when he became a Sheriff there was a one in 5000 chance that you could become one.

6.      Choose one trial that you observed today and answer the following:

-          Was it a civil or a criminal trial?

-          Was there some terminology used in the courtroom that you were not familiar with?

-          Describe what the case was about.

 I enjoyed a criminal trial that was about a shoplifter who was defending herself.  She was having some trouble trying to explain it but the judge helped her the best she could an she got to take a 30min break.  I enjoyed this case because I could understand it better than some of the others.  When the judge delivered the verdict in another case, I found it hard to understand.

7.      Now that you have seen our judicial system in operation, how does this make you think and feel towards any of the following: (safety in our community, trustworthiness of judges, people who are accused of a crime, the work of a sheriff, the work of a lawyer,

the role of addiction in many court cases, or other thoughts or comments you have.)

The judicial system helps safety in our communities in many ways because they can help to keep people off the streets and can also get rid of criminals. 
 Overall, it was really interesting and most of the things I didn't understand, I got answers too.












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