Fourth-graders from Fair Street Elementary School in Gainesville on Wednesday had their constitutional and civic knowledge tested on the spot. It took them a few tries to guess which amendment guaranteed the right to remain silent, and not all of them had nailed down their court terminology. “Where does the bad guy sit?” one boy asked Senior Public Defender Larry Duttweiler, who took the not-so-legal phrasing in stride.
Mock trial teaches students about court proceedings