On Tuesday, our class did the Mock Trial on the short story the “Tale Tell Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. I was on the jury and we had to decide whether the defendant was guilty or not. The defendant was played by Aidan Reynolds who did a good job acting as a psychopath. On the defendant team was Emily, Xavier, Danny, Tyler, Davin, Alex and Ela. On the prosecution team it was Kiana, Jeanette, Adrian, Jared, and Daniel. On the jury was Adi, Isabella, Melanie, Jeremiah, Fatima, Isaac, Skye, Gaby, Kyle, Derryl, Diego, Gavin, and me. The witnesses were Chelsea, Ryan, Karissa, and Sophie M. They first started with the opening statement. After they started to question the witnesses. The case was really interesting and I was impressed on how both sides presented their evidence. There was one mishap though. The defense team used really good questions to ask the witnesses and they had good evidence. The prosecution side had good evidence too, but I feel they could have reworded their questions. What was positive about the prosecution team was that when they questioned the defendant, they made the defendant get confused and it was amazing. I really liked the closing statement on the defense team because the finished it off with one final question, “Are you killing a man for something out of his control?” That question made me think that well that’s true because one of the witnesses was Dr. Sophie Mena who is psychologist and she said he is a psychopath. At the end the jury went outside and we decided that the defendant was innocent. There was one slight mishap though. Adi who was on the jury said he was guilty. Overall I thought that the mock trial was a great experience and that I might want to do it again.
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