At 10:08 AM -0400 6/24/02, McKinley, Marcia wrote:
>Has anyone ever tried having a class stage a mock trial? If so, how
>did you handle providing evidence, facts of the case, etc.
>
>I tried this for the first time last semester in a mock trial of a
>sleepwalking murder, but only gave them the most basic facts. I
>told them to make up the remainder, but then one side would end up
>having different facts than the other. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marcia McKinley, JD, PhD
>Dept of Psychology
>Mount St Mary's College
>Emmitsburg, MD 21727
>
Hi Marcia -
You might create all of the facts and use yourself as a resource
(e.g., police department, forensics lab). That way, the defendants
and prosecutors have the same evidence to present at trial.
Kirsten
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