If you were to sit on a criminal case what would the enviroment inside the courtroom be like?
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You want me to write a paragraph for you?  I don't think so.\nI suggest that you go to a courtroom and sit in on a case for a short time.  It won't take long to get a sense of the environment.  Just sit in the back and watch and listen.  I've been in court.  It's pretty somber and generaly not very exciting.  More like being in a library with several people moving about performing their jobs in a generally quiet manner.
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I would work on crime.  I would make sure that crime does not pay.  The first thing I would do is make the jails as uncomfortable as possible.  The mattresses would be thin and on the floor not a bed frame.  The tv's would be taken out.  The thremostat would be set at 80 degrees in the summer and 50 degrees in the winter.  Meals would be plain, nothing fancy.  Inmates would not be allowed cigarettes.  The only book they would be allowed to have is the Bible and maybe Dr. Seuss.  In short I would make it where when a person got out of prison they would straighten up their act for fear of having to return to prison.
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You would be in the "House of God". It is where you pray and talk with God. Very sacred.
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every time a new wittiness is called switch seats with another juror...\n\nsit with your back to the judge for an hour...\n\nsit in the audience for a day to see how the court room looks from another prospective..\n\norder pizza and have it delivered an hour after the trial starts...\n\ntake a cell phone call...\n\ntake a walkie-talkie call...\n\nhit on the defense attorney or paralegals...\n\npretend you have torrents...\n\nthe next day pretend you have amnesia...\n\neat asparagus, kimchee, wings, and beer for dinner so \n\neveryone can enjoy the a*s flute....\n\nshow up with a cooler of beer and a portable grill...(grillin n chillin)..\n\nread a news paper while the trial is going on...\n\nkeep asking the judge, witnesses, and attorneys questions...\n\nlisten to your Ipod...\n\nwatch a movie...\n\nevery time an attorney asks a question jump to your feet and shout 'AMEN!' and 'CAN I GET A WITNESS!!' switch attorneys every day...\n\ntell the judge you have a drug habit and need to be paid three times more than the other jurors...\n\nkeep giving the bailiff notes for everyone in the court telling them neat things like, their car just got towed, their house is on fire, they have just been kidnapped, there is a bomb in the building(works best for the Muslim trials), there is a stain on their pants, there is something in their teeth...
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a lot! \nsome are...\n  - the counsel is leading the witness\n  - the question calls for a narrative answer\n  - the counsel is harrasing the witness\n  - the counsel is being argumentative\n- witness answer went beyond the scope of the question\n- witness is asked beyond the scope of the question \n- witness character/reputation is not the issue in the trial\n- witness lacks personal knowledge to enable the witness to answer the question\n- the question calls for speculation\n- the testimony is irrelevant
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ven·ue (vĕn'yū) pronunciation\nn.\n\n   1. Law.\n         1. The locality where a crime is committed or a cause of action occurs.\n         2. The locality or political division from which a jury is called and in which a trial is held.\n         3. The clause within a declaration naming the locality in which a trial will be held.\n         4. The clause in an affidavit naming the place where it was sworn to.\n   2.\n         1. The scene or setting in which something takes place; a locale: “that non-cinematic venue of popular nightmares, the discotheque” (P.J. O'Rourke).\n         2. A place for large gatherings, as a sports stadium.\n\n[Middle English, attack, from Old French, a coming, attack, from feminine past participle of venir, to come, from Latin venīre.]\n\n***********************************\n\nplace (plās) pronunciation\nn.\n\n   1.\n         1. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.\n         2. Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room.\n   2.\n         1. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.\n         2. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.\n   3.\n         1. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.\n         2. A business establishment or office.\n         3. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.\n   4. (Abbr. Pl.) A public square or street with houses in a town.\n   5.\n         1. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.\n         2. A setting for one person at a table.\n   6. A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place.\n   7. A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place.\n   8. A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts.\n   9.\n         1. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.\n         2. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.\n         3. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.\n         4. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.\n  10. Social station: He overstepped his place.\n  11. A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place.\n  12. High rank or status.\n  13. A job, post, or position: found a place in the company.\n  14. Relative position in a series; standing.\n  15. Games. Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.\n  16. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place.\n  17. Mathematics. A position in a numeral or series.\n\n\nv., placed, plac·ing, plac·es.\n\nv.tr.\n\n   1. To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.\n   2. To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.\n   3. To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.\n   4. To find accommodation or employment for.\n   5. To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.\n   6. To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper.\n   7. To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position.\n   8.\n         1. To rank in an order or sequence: I'd place him second best.\n         2. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet.\n   9. To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person's face.\n  10.\n         1. To give an order for: place a bet.\n         2. To apply or arrange for: place an order.\n  11. To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects.\n\nv.intr.\n\nTo be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.
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Depends on the type of crime.
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Wouldn't you have been present at the trial?
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First depends on where you work,  the crime at a post office , state office building or a school would be different than a factory or a 7-11.\n\nBut you can expect prison depending on the dollar value of damage fom 3 to 20 years.
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The defendant, he's being tried.
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What is the jurisdiction for this scenario?
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In real life, you would have a state (or foreign country's)law that explained what the prosecution needs to prove for murder (so you could show how the prosecution will fail to prove one or more parts of the crime), and probably also laws that describe what you would need to show for various defenses (such as insanity) in case the prosecution proved Macbeth did it.  But I don't know if they gave you any laws to use for your project.  (Will there be an actual jury deciding the case?  If so, will they be given instructions about murder and insanity?  If so, you would probably like to see those ahead of time, so you will know what you will be trying to convince them of.)\n\nAnyway, in general, I think you want to think through what your case will be like (who will the witnesses be, and what you believe they will say), and give a good overview to the jury, so they will understand what is going on.  If everthing you say will be backed up by testimony in the case, you are on good footing.  (You can actually tell the jury about the specific witnesses they will hear from.)  And if you can also sum up your whole position in one or two sentences that give the gist of why Macbeth should be found not guilty, that can help a lot.\n\nSince you are going second with your opening statement, you can also listen to the prosecutor's opening statement first.  If you have good responses to some of his or her points, you can try to work those into your opening statement.  That's hard (because you have to think of it at the last minute, right before you stand up, and decide where to mention it in your opening statement), but it can be really impressive.  And maybe you can kind of guess what the prosecutor will say ahead of time, so you can get a big head start on that.\n\n-------\nSince you said it's all written work, maybe try (if possible) to do the analysis of the accusations first.  Then do the closing, based on the analysis.  Then do the opening statement last, when you will know what your analysis is and where it's leading.  Then you really can "preview" your case in the opening statement, as Uppity suggested.\n\nIt would still be nice to know what the exact laws are, but if there aren't any given, you can probably base the analysis on facts from the play, general knowledge about murder and/or insanity, and what seems fair and right.  If you were on a jury, what are the things that would make you want to acquit Macbeth?
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Affidevit in a court.
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just part of the system a small room with the juge asking you a lot of question's and your lawyer should be able to fill you in on this
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It really depends on the law firm and the kind of law practiced by the attorney you report to. A paralegal for a trial lawyer who handles criminal cases may do a lot of running around the office--- making copies, fetching law books from the library, doing research, etc--- because that's a pretty high-energy, high-stress workplace. If you work for an estate lawyer, it may be more sitting because their cases don't have the same frantic pace.
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depends how the case is handled
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tennis court\nfood court\nsuperior court