Criminal Justice [1st Period, Tuesday

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

"Good morning," V greeted quietly from the shadows when everyone had arrived. "Today we shall discuss the Judicial system of the United States, as well as due process."

He continued on in a low voice for a few minutes, hitting high points like the Miranda warning, trial by jury and the fifth amendment to the United States' Constitution, and stressing the fact that while their homes may be found in other places, the States is their home for the time being and thus is the system with which to chiefly concern themselves.

"However," V continued, "there are very definitely two sides to the law, and at least two parties to consider. Hence...we're going to engage in an activity."

He gestured expansively. "One half of you will be criminals who have been apprehended for a crime of your choosing. The rest of you will be the arresting officers, of sorts. Accused students? You are to attempt to escape arrest via whatever means necessary - nonviolent, please, but lying, cheating, conniving, negotiating...all of these are encouraged. And arrestors? You are to be fair, but stand by your principles and do your best to keep them from escaping, please."

He glanced at the roster for scarcely a second before saying, "If your surname, or only name if you have a single name, ends in an N or an R, you are a criminal. The rest of you are officers. Please pair up."

[Wait for OCD, plz OCD up! I am crashing very soon, will be around late morning/early afternoon EDT and then steadily through the day. But this is pretty much student/student interaction, so have fun, guys.

ETA: Due to various things, we're shorter on cops than we are on robbers. So extra robbers, please team up, or crash a thread to help one of the others escape. My apologies for apparently not being able to count or something.]

Comments

Sign in [09/12/06]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

Collapsey fashion, please.

Re: Sign in [09/12/06]

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge Carson

During the lecture [09/12/06]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

Which yes, I totally handwaved. Talk to each other, yay notes, etc.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[multiplez]

Z has never heard of half these things, since SPD doesn't so much use them. Miranda rights? Trial by jury? Way of the dodo. So she is making frantic notes throughout the lecture.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

His dad had lectured Jared and him about these particlar things more than once, so Seely doodled instead of taking notes.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge takes careful notes during the lecture, seeing as he's used to a system where the arresting officer also acts as the judge and jury.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter started taking copious notes about a minute into the lecture. None of this was even remotely familiar to him, no. And he was far more used to being the judge.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec listened. He may not have cared much, but he listened.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean listened with half an ear and doodle in his notebook. He may not have known all the details, but he knew enough about the justice system to hopefully not get caught or if he did to talk his way out of.

Those kinds of lessons were among some of his favourites that Dad had taught him and Sammy.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna took careful notes, because most of this might as well have been in greek for her.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack took notes. Lots of them. Because the first thing you had to know if you were going to play fast and loose with the rules was what the rules were.

He was smirking a bit over the Miranda warning, though -- honestly, if you were stupid enough to open your mouth and blab everything the second you got caught? You deserved to go to jail.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky took a few notes. Not many though. He'd been through this before. But a refresher course was always nice.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy paid close attention to the Miranda warning, though he wasn't sure if it was necessary if you were fighting super-villains.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

You have the right to remain silently hanging upside down from a lamppost. Anything you say could be used against you if you didn't have webbing over your mouth.

Peter knew the real version, so he allowed himself some silliness before getting back to real note-taking.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[can_be_more]

Aeryn's only slightly bitter about this whole trial and due process thng, really. Only slightly.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[proudsidekick.livejournal.com]

Layla took interested notes - she had vague knowledge of the mundane justice system, but it certainly wasn't the sort of thing that heroes and sidekicks learned.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[forgottenpants]

Pete kind of stared vaguely at the wall. He was not only familiar with the American Justice system, he'd also been on the wrong side of it several times. He knew all about trials by juries and things.

More importantly, he knew all about when those things didn't happen, despite the fact that everyone says they're supposed to.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Trials sounded like a pretty decent concept to Luke.

Then his imagination got the better of him and he began doodling evil Sith Lords being dropped into Sarlaac pits.

He was careful to draw in the jury first, though.

Re: During the lecture [09/12/06]

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler knew all of this, but he took notes anyhow.

Pair up! [09/12/06]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

And try to escape, or foil said attempts to escape!

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely was oddly amused by the fact he had to be a cop. He looked around for a partner and felt mild regret that Pevensie ended in an E.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna waited for a criminal to pair up with. Faithful took a nap on her desk.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[multiplez]

Okay, so she was a cop. She could do this. And she used to be on the other side of it, so surely she could, like, predict what her partner was doing or something. Once she got a partner.

Talk to V [09/12/06]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

He's there, and he's observing.

He's just not the chattiest guy.

OOC [09/12/06]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

Questions? Comments? Cookies?

Re: OOC [09/12/06]

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

*checks out icon*

*passes you the snickerdoodles*