Saturday, March 8, 2008
Blog 14-Revision of Blog 8-Finally Free
Blog 13-Revision of Blog 10-The Savages
“What do you mean, you can see it's only us.” Then Ralph blew the conch. Savages with spears appeared out of the rocks. Then a rock came out of nowhere and almost hit us. We looked up. Roger sat at the top of the castle. His hand next to a lever. “I'm calling an assembly. About Piggy's glasses and the fire. Wheres Jack?” Ralph said. Just then Jack appeared out of the forest. His face was disguised in black and green paint. Hiding his emotions.
“Go back to your end of the island! This is my tribe now!” yelled Jack.
“But you stole Piggy's specs. And we want them back. There ours. If you had asked we would've let you share our fire. But then you stole, like a thief.”
“A what? What did you call me? Say it again!” Jack's cheeks burned red and his teeth grinded sharply.
“Thief! Thief!” Ralph cried. The jack got very angry. The Ralph and Jack fought. Ralph was hurt. A spear in his stomach. Their fight ended. Ralph was reminded that he did not come to fight. He came to get Piggy's specs. Then Jack yelled,
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Blog 12- Jury Duty
For every case there is a group of people called a jury. The jury has to watch the trial. They have to carefully consider evidence and then deliberate with the other jurors. In a criminal trial when the jury has to come up with the verdict and it has to be a unanimous vote. Meaning they all agree that the defendant is either guilty or not guilty.
The jurors are selected randomly but there are a few qualifications in order to be a juror. You must be at least eighteen years old. You must know how to read and write. You must be a citizen of the state and resident of the county or city that you are serving as a juror in. You also cannot have ever been convicted for any crime.
On the day of the trial, everyone who was sent a notice that they must serve as a juror has to attend the court. Before the trial starts there is a jury selection. The defense and the prosecution asks the jurors questions. This question and answer process is called “voir dire.” The prosecution and defense can choose who will be on the jury depending on the answers given.
A lot of times the original people called for jury duty can be excused. If you know someone involved in the trial or the judge you can be excused. You can be excused if you have a job that you can’t get out of or a family that’s needs you to take care of. Another reason a lot of people are excused from jury duty is because they are bias. If someone has made up their mind about the case before they hear both sides and see the evidence then they can be excused because they might be bias.
When you are on a jury you are required to have no bias. This means thatyou cannot judge people and you have to be fair. You also cannot talk about the trial you are serving on. You can’t read any newspaper articles about the case. You can’t watch any television that relates to or talks about your case. All of this could influence you to believe a certain side. You must be influenced just by the case and evidence presented to you in court. Once the trial is over your main job just gets started. You will look back at notes taken during the trial and you with have jury deliberations. When you deliberate with the other jurors you will all talk and come up with one vote. The jury has to come up with a unanimous vote so it may take awhile to come out with a verdict. Even if just one juror disagrees with the rest, the deliberation will go on and the other jurors will have to try and convince that one person of their side.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Blog 11-The Rescue
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Blog 10- The Savages
When we woke up the morning after the hunters came to our shelter Piggy was a mess. He was complaining about not being able to see anything. We decided that we have to do something to get back his glasses. Ralph wanted us to go to Jack's hide out at Castle Rock and get the glasses . We had to look decent, clothed and shower, comed hair and clean faces. We had to be the stronger ones. And Jack needs to know when we come that we don't want to find. We want to get back what is rightfully ours in a peacful way. We started making our way by the cliffs to Castle Rock. Once we got there we stared up looking at what seemed like miles of rocky wall. “Who goes there?” shouted Roger in a firm voice. Ralph shouted back,
“ What do you mean, you can see it's only us.” Then Ralph blew the conch. Savages with spears appeared. Out of the rocks. Then A rock came out of nowhere and almost hit us. We looked up. Roger sat at the top of the castle. His hand next to a lever. “I'm calling an assembly. About Piggy's glasses and the fire. Wheres Jack?” Ralph said. Just then Jack appeared out of the forest. His face was disguised in black and green paint. Hiding his emotions.
“Go back to your end of the island! This is my tribe now!” yellled Jack.
“ But you stole Piggy's specs. And we want them back. There ours. If you had asked we would've let you share our fire. But then you stole, like a thief.”
“A what? Say it again!”
“Theif! Theif!” Ralph cried. The jack got very angry. The Ralph and Jack fighted only for a second because Ralph was reminded that he did not come to fight. He came to get Piggy's specs. Then Jack yelled,
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Blog 9- The Attack
"Simon," he said. I nodded. It wasn't just me. Ralph knew too that it was Simon lying there not the beast. I shuddered when I thought about Jack and his hunters. Clawing and stabbing Simon.
"That was murder." said Ralph quietly.
" Why are you saying that, of course it was an accident." I said it but I didn't believe it. I knew that it was dark and there was a storm. But knowing Jack, it didn't matter how dark it was. He might not have known it was Simon but even if he did, that wouldn't have stopped him.