Sam Mintzer- At the Courthouse

Hope everyone is really enjoying the end of their projects, and can't wait to see everyone soon. A quick shout out to Ozan, Gadi, and TJ, as I just got back from their relay for life dinner and everything was delicious. My project has been pretty interesting the past couple weeks, particularly with a trial I got to spend all of last week with. I saw an aggravated robbery case in which the defendant was convicted of setting up a robbery and executing the robbery during a poker game on the west side, using one of the players help to rob the poker game. It was overall a very interesting case, where the defendant tried to make the room convinced of his innocence, even though there was a ton of witnesses and testimony from co-conspirators that put him at the robbery. Other highlights of the past week was a tour through the county courthouse across the hall that was constructed in the early 1900's and is spectacular, and a tour of where prisoners are kept once they arrive at the Justice Center. Still haven't banged a gavel yet, but still have a couple more days to try and get that in.
See you all soon,
Sam