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A View From Behind Bars

I want to talk about the way that courtrooms are laid out. I think that by their design, it already puts the defendant at a disadvantage when he goes to trial. Maybe you think that it is ridiculous to claim that the way a courtroom is laid out has an impact on a trial, but let me explain.When you walk into a courtroom in California, the floorplan is basically the same as any other. Since most people have seen at least one trial on TV, you can probably visualise what I am describing. If you sit in thejury box and look out over the courtroom, here is what you will see. Closest tothe jury isa witness stand where the witnesses sit when they testify. On the other side of the witness stand is theJudge's Bench sitting high above everything else, so as to give an air of authority. Facing the Bench and witness stand are the tables wherethe prosecutor anddefence sit during the course of the trial. In between the prosecutor and defence tableis apodium that the lawyers stand at when they address the court and the jury. Sitting closest to the jury box is always theprosecutor's table, then the podium, and on the other side of that isthe defence table. The person on trial is as far away from the jury as it is possible. When I was on trial, I couldn't even see half of the jury, unless I leaned out over the table to look at them. So, this set-up seems to make the person on trial distant, and not even a real part of the proceedings, which in my opinion, makes it easier for the jury to depersonalise you when you are on trial. Meanwhile, the prosecutor is damned near sitting in the jury's lap all through the trial and the jury has the tendency to relate with the prosecutor a lot easier. This might sound like a trivial thing, but consider this. A witness for the defence is on the witness stand and giving his or her testimony, but all through the witness's testimony, the prosecutor is sitting right next to the jury and reacting to everything the witness says by facial expressions and body language. And, if you are saying that this doesn't have an impact on a jury, then you are very naive... or a prosecutor.

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Вид из за решеткойI want to talk about the way that courtrooms are laid out. I think that by their design, it already puts the defendant at a disadvantage when he goes to trial. Maybe you think that it is ridiculous to claim that the way a courtroom is laid out has an impact on a trial, but let me explain.When you walk into a courtroom in California, the floorplan is basically the same as any other. Since most people have seen at least one trial on TV, you can probably visualise what I am describing. If you sit in thejury box and look out over the courtroom, here is what you will see. Closest tothe jury isa witness stand where the witnesses sit when they testify. On the other side of the witness stand is theJudge's Bench sitting high above everything else, so as to give an air of authority. Facing the Bench and witness stand are the tables wherethe prosecutor anddefence sit during the course of the trial. In between the prosecutor and defence tableis apodium that the lawyers stand at when they address the court and the jury. Sitting closest to the jury box is always theprosecutor's table, then the podium, and on the other side of that isthe defence table. The person on trial is as far away from the jury as it is possible. When I was on trial, I couldn't even see half of the jury, unless I leaned out over the table to look at them. So, this set-up seems to make the person on trial distant, and not even a real part of the proceedings, which in my opinion, makes it easier for the jury to depersonalise you when you are on trial. Meanwhile, the prosecutor is damned near sitting in the jury's lap all through the trial and the jury has the tendency to relate with the prosecutor a lot easier. This might sound like a trivial thing, but consider this. A witness for the defence is on the witness stand and giving his or her testimony, but all through the witness's testimony, the prosecutor is sitting right next to the jury and reacting to everything the witness says by facial expressions and body language. And, if you are saying that this doesn't have an impact on a jury, then you are very naive... or a prosecutor.

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я хочу поговорить о том, как залов судебных заседаний, изложенных.я думаю, что их дизайн, это уже ставит ответчика в невыгодное положение, когда он идет в суд.может, ты думаешь, что это смешно утверждать, что путь в зал суда заложена оказывает влияние на суд, но позвольте мне объяснить. когда вы войти в зал суда в калифорнии,на планировку комнат, в сущности, так же, как любой другой.поскольку большинство людей видели по меньшей мере один суд по телевизору, можно, наверное, люди думают, что я называю.если вы сидите в thejury коробку и смотреть в зал суда, вот то, что вы увидите.ближе всего к жюри ISA свидетеля, когда свидетели сидеть, когда они дают показания.на другой стороне свидетеля судью 's Bench сидишь высоко - превыше всего, с тем, чтобы дать воздуха власти.перед судьями и свидетеля - таблицы, где прокурор anddefence сидеть в ходе судебного разбирательства.в период между обвинителя и адвоката tableis apodium, что адвокаты составляют, когда они решения суда и жюри.сидеть ближе к жюри всегда theprosecutor стол, затем на трибуне, и на другой стороне, что в обороне в таблице.человек на судебное разбирательство, как далеко от жюри, как это возможно.когда я был в суде, я даже не могла видеть половину жюри, если я наклонился над столом, посмотри на них.так, эта структура, кажется, подсудимый далеким,и даже не настоящая часть производств, которые, на мой взгляд, упрощает для присяжных, чтобы depersonalise тебя, когда ты в суде.тем временем прокуратура треклятая почти сидел в жюри на колени все через суд и присяжные имеет тенденцию к связаны с прокурором, намного проще.это может показаться тривиальным вещь, но об этом подумать.свидетель защиты - в качестве свидетеля, и дать показания, но все показания свидетеля, прокурор сидит рядом с жюри и реагировать на все, что свидетель говорит, что на мимику и жесты.и, если ты говоришь, что это не скажется на присяжных, то вы очень наивны.или прокурором.