Anatomy of a Trial [Period 4, Class #7, 6-24]

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"First off," Alex said. "Closing arguments. Only one of you went last week, so that means the rest of you should be prepared for today."

She set down a mug of hot tea and gave a somewhat sheepish look at her students. "Your final is ... less detailed than I'd intended. I'm afraid I've spent most of my free time this week dealing with some personal legal concerns. Be as brief or as exhaustive as you'd like, in your responses."

"And if anyone wants extra credit, then please research the ways in which one can obtain an annulment from the commonwealth of Virginia."

... No reason.

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Re: Talk to Alex - ANAT07

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"It's fine," Alex said, offering the girl a smile. "I liked your closing. Is everything all right?"

(ooc: ... I so thought I pinged back to this. WTF FAIL.)

Re: Talk to Alex - ANAT07

[glacial_queen]

"It's...a little better now?" Karla said. "A friend lost her grandmother last week. Several of us went down to see if we could help out."

Catch said grandmother's killer. But Karla didn't think Alex would be happy knowing that little detail.

Re: Talk to Alex - ANAT07

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry to hear that," Alex said softly. "I'm sure she appreciated your support."

Re: Talk to Alex - ANAT07

[glacial_queen]

"We got her through the worst of it, I think" Karla said, nodding. "Things were a little complicated, but they straightened out at the end."

You know, once they caught the killer and got her brother freed from jail. La.

Re: Talk to Alex - ANAT07

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"Good," Alex nodded. "You didn't miss anything of importance. People could give their closes last week instead of this one, if they'd prefer, and I let everyone try interrogating witnesses or polling the jury again if they were interested. I hope the final wasn't too much of an unpleasant surprise."

Re: Talk to Alex - ANAT07

[glacial_queen]

Karla shook her head. "I think you'll be amused by my answer to the final question," she said. "But it's honest for all of that."