I was so excited to serve as a juror in the American University Law Mock trial, although it is not my first serving as a juror in a trial. There are several circumstances which the law is unfair to people, therefore serving as a juror was a reasonable way for me to watch out for the government, making sure it does not push unjust laws on fellow citizens. These reasons drove me to participate again in the mock trial which was held at the Montgomery County judicial center in Rockville.
During the mock trial, I got the chance to participate as a juror in a civil case. Before the trial began, I met Judge MCgregory, American University Law students who acted as the plaintiff, defendants and witnesses, audience and five co-jurors and the court clerk. …show more content…
They swore in to tell the truth. In all, there were six witnesses; Witnesses were Sonia Peterson an administrative assistant to Mr. Jackson whom he had recently hired testified that even though the company was at a massive loss, there was no way he could have committed arson. Mrs. William, a bookkeeper in Flinders company whom Mr. Jackson had been having an extramarital affair with for the past three years, believes Mr. Jackson had committed an arson with the help of Avery, a designer who works for the company and had died during the fire. Another witness, Mr. Olsen a fire expert and a chief of marshal for the fire department and arson investigation, who had excellent credentials and was certified by national and state to determine fire investigation testified that t was arson. He justified that the fire was intentionally set. The next witness was Fire expert David Pincus, a certified arson investigator whose job was to review the case indicated that it was not arson, however, to his knowledge there were not enough data to conclude that the burning of the Flinders Aluminum company was arson. A bank manager also found that even though Mr. Jackson was not financially stable and was already owing the bank, he was still optimistic and had been trying hard, to save his company. The last witness was his wife; she also
During the mock trial, I got the chance to participate as a juror in a civil case. Before the trial began, I met Judge MCgregory, American University Law students who acted as the plaintiff, defendants and witnesses, audience and five co-jurors and the court clerk. …show more content…
They swore in to tell the truth. In all, there were six witnesses; Witnesses were Sonia Peterson an administrative assistant to Mr. Jackson whom he had recently hired testified that even though the company was at a massive loss, there was no way he could have committed arson. Mrs. William, a bookkeeper in Flinders company whom Mr. Jackson had been having an extramarital affair with for the past three years, believes Mr. Jackson had committed an arson with the help of Avery, a designer who works for the company and had died during the fire. Another witness, Mr. Olsen a fire expert and a chief of marshal for the fire department and arson investigation, who had excellent credentials and was certified by national and state to determine fire investigation testified that t was arson. He justified that the fire was intentionally set. The next witness was Fire expert David Pincus, a certified arson investigator whose job was to review the case indicated that it was not arson, however, to his knowledge there were not enough data to conclude that the burning of the Flinders Aluminum company was arson. A bank manager also found that even though Mr. Jackson was not financially stable and was already owing the bank, he was still optimistic and had been trying hard, to save his company. The last witness was his wife; she also