Young+Lawyers

Lawyer Mel ||   || ====Over the next eight weeks, lawyer Mel Woodcock is working with a group====
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Follow them as they use authentic cases to:
=The Legal Team= Lily ||  Tessa ||  Aimee ||  Jacob || Amy ||  Alex ||  Hugh ||  Caitlin ||
 * ====explore the nature of evidence====
 * ====compare Guilty vs. Not Guilty pleas====
 * ====prepare pleas in mitigation====
 * ====examine sentencing options====
 * ====perform a mock trial====
 * ====Visit the Law Court for a real-life experience==== ||
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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**This story raises some interesting questions:**
Source: http://www.gwu.edu
 * ====How do we know the truth about an event that has happened?====
 * ====How do we decide which version of the three little pigs story is true?====
 * ====Does there need to be intent to commit a crime?====
 * ====If the death of the pigs was accidental, then is wolf still guilty?==== ||  || [[image:3 little pigs width="515" height="279"]]

[[file:The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.pdf]]
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SESSION 2: The Liquorice Allsorts Legal System

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**See here for the summary of our discussion:**
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that the **Death Penalty** was only abolished in New Zealand in 1989.
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So, today our young lawyers were faced with their first **REAL** case.

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To do this, we had to work through the process of how to present a **plea in mitigation.**
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...Wait a minute, says Hugh... they don't get paid?!!
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All these factors we would include in our plea of mitigation.
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He was convicted and told to pay the victim $1000 reparation.
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reading aloud, writing furiously, re-reading, proofing and finally completion! Jacob and Amy W. were keen to present their pleas first so we had just enough time in the first session to hear these.
====Both delivered their pleas with confidence and flair. Session 5 and we were back to hear more pleas. With Room 1A set up with a prosecution table and a defence table, the group took turns being the Police (to read out the summary of facts)====

**Here is a very brief overview:**

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is taken to hospital, accompanied by a Police Officer.
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responsibilities under the Bill of Rights.
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**3.** Oliver is taken to the police station and is interviewed by the police. He is formally charged with two charges of manslaughter and one charge of reckless driving causing injury. He is fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a police cell by himself to wait for his court appearance the next day. ||  ||

to drive.
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the Judge to evaluate. Oliver is committed to trial.
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evidence at the trial.
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alibis.
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Oliver is found guilty.
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cycle of re-offending.
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Oliver's future is up to him now.
||  || ==Take a look inside The High Court:==

records the Judge's decision.
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They can also sit on a civil case, but that is unusual.
Source: http://www.justice.govt.nz ||