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Judge- the judge is the person who is in charge of the courtroom. The
judge enters the courtroom last and sits before all other members of
the court, witnesses or defendants. The judge maintains order in the
court with verbal orders, the use of a gavel or by directing the two
bailiffs to add or remove people from the courtroom. The judge does
not decide guilt or innocence- the jury does that. The judge can direct
people to approach the witness stand and dismiss them from the
witness stand. The judge can either let an objection from the lawyers
be allowed (sustained) or not be allowed (overruled). The judge
dismisses the jury from the courtroom at the end of the trial (after the
verdict has been read by the jury) by saying this court is adjourned.
Jurors- Jurors have the most important job of all. They must decide
whether a person is innocent or guilty, or in this case whether or not
they were truly the first European to discover North America. Jurors
will listen to all testimony and see all physical evidence presented by
both teams of lawyers. After both cases have been presented, the
jurors will be presented with a copy of the trial transcript. The jurors
will then be escorted out of the courtroom and into the hall to
deliberate, or decide who truly discovered America based on the
arguments, testimony, evidence and transcript. Once a decision has
been reached, the jurors will file back into the courtroom and the jury
foreman will read the verdict. (We the people of the jury find that
Christopher Columbus/ Leif Erikson is the true discoverer of America.).
Once the verdict is read, the judge will then dismiss the jury and
adjourn the court.