Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Identity Theft Mock Trial

The jury has returned a not guilty verdict in the case of state vs. Jacob in the matter of his impersonation of Esav to receive the blessings from Isaac. With appreciation to Mr. Mark Glazier, family lawyer, the 8th grade Chumash students presented their cases predicated upon their study of Bereshis 25-27. Opening and closing arguments were passionately presented by the prosecution and defense legal teams along with  direct and cross examination of witnesses including family members, an ophthalmologist to assess Issac's visual acuity at the time of the blessing confusion, a psychologist to judge Esav's mental state the day of the sale of the firstborn rite, expert legal testimony on the validity of oral agreement in contractual law as well as punctuation usage in law and even a goat to share her side of the conversation of conspiracy between Rebecca and Jacob. The Middle school peers and teachers in attendance comprised two jury pools (one was actually hung ) and had quite the education in all things legal and the privilege of being selected to a jury as a registered voter !










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