Day 4: Court Is Now in Session

First day of the internship and we were off to court. So it was time to suit up and make myself look presentable. 9am start, which I can get up for, to go to the Oklahoma County Court. When we were there we were going to observe a trial. Obviously I can't go into detail about the case but it did give me an insight into the court proceedings, presenting evidence, examining the witness, different types of expert witnesses etc.

Afterwards we met the coordinator of the criminal justice programme to discuss any areas we were confused about in the court and general enquiries. For example having more the reason they have 14 jurors, is that 2 are back ups if anything happens to one of the original 12 jurors, the sheriff is elected,can deals with civil matters (divorce, eviction notices etc) and deal with a portion of a county whereas the police are incorporated into a city. We will be off to the courts again on day 5.

We had an awesome birthday party for Katie who had turned 20. There was cake, Mexican food, dancing, non alcoholic drink, even more dancing!

Happy Birthday to Katie!!