Purpose: To reflect what I have done for the unit on law and criminality
Target audience: anyone (learners, teachers)
1. Content
I have learnt that in order to persuade the jury, we have to produce evidence to disprove the prosecutors.
I did not know that Holocaust also refers to the genocide in Rwanda et cetra. I thought that Holocaust ONLY refers to the mass extermination of Jews ordered by Hitler.
I learnt to listen to the witnesses' accounts very carefully and pick out points that they are vague on.
I find the different findings provided by the Amnesty International and the Chief Finance Officer on the total amount of money used to execute someone very confusing. Both have provided different findings. This is because contradicting information should definitely be counter-checked before presented in the trial.
2. Court Case and Legal Preparation
As a team, we were well-researched. We also helped everyone and made sure everyone was well-prepared. The cross examiners and witnesses also practiced, as well as the people giving the opening and closing speech.
During the trial, we were able to keep calm. Cross examiners were also able to ask good questions when cross examining the opponents' teams. We also demonstrated teamwork in our team, especially when we helped each other out when listening to the witnesses.
I did my research fairly well. I also communicated with my team members on any arising problems. I were also very confident about the questions that I was going to question the witnesses.
Target for group: run through all probable questions before the real trial.
Target for self: Take on a role which enables me to talk more.
Preparation: To research even more to clearly know opponents' stance
Presentation: Speak more.
On the whole, I have learnt a lot on law and criminality, especially on death penalty. This is a very interesting yet sensitive subject as it involves humanity, politics and religions.
