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grimmoired2018-06-09 08:40 am
themodsgrimm) wrote in grimmoired2018-06-09 08:40 am
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PROLOGUE : TRIAL
PROLOGUE - WEEK 0 Wakey wakey, naughty murder children. It's a lovely Saturday, after all. Breakfast is served piping hot at its usual time and all of the evidence has been removed from the scenes of yesterday. No matter how you choose to spent your morning though, the clock will begin to chime the moment both hands reach the large, ornate twelve. Before your eyes materializes a door...but not just any door. Unlike the door leading to the festival, this door sits primly and properly right in front of the foyer. Whether you exit the castle on your own or you feel a friendly, invisible push, you begin to walk under an arc of wisterias. Behind you, the clock continues to chime with every step you take. By the time the time the clock strikes twelve, you've entered a beautiful garden. In front of you is a long table, 19 seats on each side. Around the garden are several glass cases containing evidence collected yesterday. As noon intensifies on the sun-shaped clock, you'll find Dragon at the head of the table, a glass-covered rose near her right hand. Tick tock, Narrators. You have nine hours to deliberate.  Welcome to your first trial post! Please see here for the OOC summary of events from yesterday's investigation. In addition, please be sure to vote! Please see the voting page on how to vote, as we will have two special things to vote for. Voting will close at 9pm EST/6pm PST! If you have any questions, please ask on our Discord server or ping us on plurk. Please direct pings for the NPC to Dana (
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"Procedure?" And what sort would you be used to?
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...And what does a lawyer do, exactly? I can assume it has to do with your system of justice naturally, but I've not heard that title.
[ in medievalish fantasy land if you commit a crime you're just fucked ]
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Basically we're an advocate and counselor to the clients we represent. We'd counsel clients about legal options and we'd represent them in a criminal or civil court.
Usually I'm in civil court, because it has nothing to do with crimes, but here we are anyway. In criminal court, there's a defending lawyer and a prosecuting lawyer. The defense is there to advocate for the accused, and the prosecute is there to try to incriminate him.
It's up to the judge and jury to make the final decision on the defendant's guilt.
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[ He makes a thoughtful sound as he mulls that over, but then shrugs as he quickly explains why he doesn't know. ]
All of that is left to the judge. There's no lawyer, no jury. They simply decide if what you stand accused of is true. It goes precisely as you'd expect most of the time.
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That sounds like anybody with sufficient power would get cleared of all crimes. Maybe a slap on the wrist at best.
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[ It took that long for things to change drastically for him, after all. But. He shrugs ]
Well, yes, but I was thinking the opposite case. Even if you're quite innocent, so long as the judge assumes your guilt, then you're left in prison to rot or you're summarily executed. It depends on the crime, naturally, but death is a quick solution to the problem. The quickest, really.
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[It's probably a weird question to ask if that's what happened to him.]
That's why we moved to "Innocent until proven guilty". I mean, some people still see it the other way around, but they're usually not in the justice field.
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[ That's a way to put it. He sighs, looks around, then back to her. ]
Well, regardless, your knowledge should be helpful. Or so one would hope. I take it your trials are nothing like this, but if we're simply searching for evidence, than a wide breadth of knowledge should assist in these matters.