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. ...
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 ...
The courtroom felt really tired that afternoon. You could really feel it. When you have hearings they can make a room feel that way. People start moving in their seats lawyers start loosening their ties and police officers change the ...
When you think of courtrooms you probably think of a place. There are benches and people look very serious. You hear words like guilty and sentence. From the outside the whole courtroom system seems strict and formal. Sometimes it can ...
Courtrooms don’t usually feel confusing. Most days, things are clear. Someone is right, someone is wrong, or at least that’s how it looks on the surface. But that day, confusion sat in the room like a heavy fog. Nobody really ...
It didn’t feel like a dramatic moment at first. The courtroom had already been tense for a while. People were listening, waiting, watching. The judge was still seated, but her irritation was clear even before she said anything. Her lips ...