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 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 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 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 ...
The courtroom that day looked normal just like it always does. The wooden benches were the same the lights were the same. There was the same silence before the judge would speak. Nothing about it looked special. The people in ...
That courtroom looked normal that morning. The wooden benches were the same. The bright lights were the same too. There was the silence that always comes before a hearing starts. Nobody expected anything to happen. The case of the courtroom ...
Ten years is a long time. It is very long. Some people move to a city in ten years. Some people even change the way they look. Some people change what they want in life. For him ten years was ...
Most people believe one thing very strongly. If someone stays silent in court, they must be guilty. That idea is everywhere. Movies show it. TV debates push it. Social media comments repeat it again and again. Silence is seen as ...