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What is it like in a Canadian Courtroom

When you go into a Canadian Courtroom you have to go through a some security checks just like you do at the airport. You will also have to present and I.D card so the officers know that it is safe to let you go in. When you walk into a Canadian Courtroom you go through the right side of the door.

What we do to make the process fair

In Canada you are innocent until proven guilty. To make our process fair we made the courts so that people in wheelchairs can still be called as witness’. If the trial is about something aboriginal a native worker is allowed to come in and here what they say. The jury can not know the accused or the accuser. Before the trial begins both the witness’ and the accused must swear that they will tell the truth. The judge will have to listen to what both the crown prosecutor and the accused (and the accused’s lawyer).

What we do to make our process fair 

In a Canadian court there are lots of different jobs that people must do. There are many important jobs but some aren’t as important as others.

• The Judge is obviously the head of the court because if there wasn’t a Judge there couldn’t be a trial. The Judge will keep the court in order. In the case that there is no jury the Judge will have to make the decision of whether the accused is guilty or not. Some really important qualities that the judge would need is patience and concentration because trials can take a long time.
• Another really important job is the Court Officer who makes sure that the accused doesn’t have any weapons that could harm anyone in the court. If the accused is proven guilty the Court Officer will escort them to the prison box which is on the left side of the court until more police men come to take the accused to jail. Some really important qualities for a Court Officer would be strength and bravery because they need to be strong enough that if the accused tried to run away he could catch him.
• The Crown Counsel is the person who is trying to convince the judge that the accused is guilty by using facts of crimes that the person did (or did not) commit. A really important quality for the Crown Counsel would be confidence because he would need to be confident that his proof is right.
• The Investigating Officer works with the Crown Counsel by finding proof that the accused actually did commit the crime. The Investigating Officer is a member of the police and that is how he or she finds the information. A really important quality that the Investigating Officer would need is
• The press is a member of the news who is writing the story down for the news paper. The press isn’t allowed to take pictures or use the accused’s name for security purposes.

Old Supreme Court By: jimmywayne22