The courtroom felt lighter than it normally does for a moment. It was not loud. It was not relaxed.. There was a change. A small one that only people who spend a lot of time in court would see. The ...
The girl was crying before anyone even asked her a question. Tears just started coming out of her eyes. She began to cry. The crying started before anyone asked the girl a question. It was really sad to see the ...
The judge did not say anything at first. The judge just sat there. Did not say a word. The man sat behind the bench his eyes were looking down. He was turning the pages of a file that he already ...
The man stood up when his name was called. His legs did not feel steady. He was the man who stood up and his legs were not okay. The man who stood up his name was. Now the man was ...
The courtroom was really tense before anyone even said a word. People were, on edge. You could feel it in the air. The courtroom just felt uncomfortable like something was about to go in the courtroom. Nothing big had happened ...
The courtroom was already restless that afternoon. It was not loud. Nobody was arguing.. There was a quiet feeling of impatience in the air. This is the kind of feeling that builds when lots of traffic cases happen one after ...
The courtroom did not feel unusual at first. People sat in the courtroom the way they always did. The defendant was standing at the table. He was wearing a jail uniform. His hands were together. His eyes were moving back ...
The courtroom was silent in a way that felt heavier than noise. Not the kind of silence that comes before shouting or argument, but the kind that settles after something important has already happened. The wooden benches didn’t creak anymore. ...
The hearing was supposed to go on for a lot longer. It just stopped all of a sudden. Nobody saw that coming. The hearing ended in a surprising way. People were not prepared for the hearing to be over quickly. ...
The courtroom that morning was really busy. It felt tired. There were cases that had to be heard before this one. The judge had already been listening for a time. The lawyers just kept changing one after another. The police ...