Example of Court Case Paper

Criminal Court Cases

What makes this country so great? Most people disagree on the answer to that question. Some say it’s the freedom of speech that we have. Others will say that it’s our ability to vote and elect who we want to lead us. This is all well and good, but what really sets our country apart from many others is our right to a speedy and public trial of our peers. Some governments in other parts of the world reserve the right to take any citizen right off of the street and place him or her in jail with no other reason than a faulty witness who, more often times than not, is being pressured to bear false judgment against them. In our court system, there are many components that are in place to insure our citizens have a fair trial. In ancient times, trials were held in massive courts and there was usually a fair length of time that separated each one. In today’s time, though, we have the means to hold several trials a day in any courtroom and the trials can cover a multitude of crimes at any given time. The other day, I had the privilege of watching our fair judicial system at work. I came to find out about the trial through my friend Rebecca Sanders*. Her sister, Megan, had been the cause of several disturbances back in our hometown of Goobertown* and was now in the process of being sued by the city and her father. The trial started bright and early at ten in the morning last Friday on the twenty-ninth of February. Since she was unable to afford an attorney, the judge provided her with a public defender. I found this to be a very interesting case for many reasons. One fact I was amazed at is that it was a case of a father suing his own daughter. Now I’m aware that this isn’t exactly that uncommon, but I must mention that Megan was only seventeen years old at the time of the trial. I couldn’t help but feel that this was going a little too far since she was so young. After hearing the background information on the situation, though, I began