The Court System
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The Court System
I found this on another site. I think it is a good explanation:
I am a deputy sheriff assigned to courthouse security. As
part of my job, I explain court procedures to visitors. One
day I was showing a group of ninth-graders around. Court
was in recess and only the clerk and a young man in custody
wearing handcuffs were in the courtroom. "This is where the
judge sits," I began, pointing to the bench. "The lawyers
sit at these tables. The court clerk sits over there. The
court recorder, or stenographer, sits over here. Near the
judge is the witness stand and over there is where the jury
sits. As you can see," I finished, "there are a lot of people
involved in making this system work."
At that point, the prisoner raised his cuffed hands and said,
"Yeah, but I'm the one who makes it all happen."
I am a deputy sheriff assigned to courthouse security. As
part of my job, I explain court procedures to visitors. One
day I was showing a group of ninth-graders around. Court
was in recess and only the clerk and a young man in custody
wearing handcuffs were in the courtroom. "This is where the
judge sits," I began, pointing to the bench. "The lawyers
sit at these tables. The court clerk sits over there. The
court recorder, or stenographer, sits over here. Near the
judge is the witness stand and over there is where the jury
sits. As you can see," I finished, "there are a lot of people
involved in making this system work."
At that point, the prisoner raised his cuffed hands and said,
"Yeah, but I'm the one who makes it all happen."
