Criminal Court

The trip to criminal court today was certainly an interesting experience. It was my first time being in a court room and witnessing a case. During the first couple of cases I felt that the court wasn’t that organized and lacked certain qualities. There were people all around the judge. Some were talking to each other, others were on the phone, and some people were on computers. The cases were rather small. A lot of resolution was based on community service, ACD, or coming back to court at another date. In comparison to the second courtroom we went too, I felt that the first courtroom was very crowded. The second courtroom is more of what I imagined going to witness a case would be. There were juror’s lined up and a witness stand. During the questioning of the witness I felt like I was watching an episode of Law and Order. The witness was quite a character and had some track record, which made the case rather interesting to listen too. Although we were interrupted by everyone going on lunch, I felt that the second courtroom would have been a much better experience if we were there the whole time. Despite the weather, this trip was a fun experience and it was nice to do something different.