What I'm Doing

For my internship this Fall, I will be interning at the District Attorney's Office, gaining experience in criminal justice. The internship will last from March 12th-30th. This internship will give me great experience so that I may pursue a criminal justice degree in college. Basically what I will be doing is following a case from start to finish and seeing what it will be like to investigate a criminal. I will also be taking tours of all the Durango Police Facilities including the Sheriffs Office, the PD and the Jail. I will be going to trials frequently to see the court system side of law, and how a trial works. I am super excited and can't wait until March.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Five's a Week, 3/16/12

Today was a relatively mellow day and because of yesterday being such a busy day.  Basically from 9-11 me and Christian had a very in depth debrief of yesterdays Trial.  Basically we talked about how well each charge had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.  I was confident that the two counts of harassment the Δ was charged with were quite well proven by the prosecutor, Brian, so I was confident the jury would feel the same.  The third charge was false imprisonment and I was a little hesitant on what exactly happened because all of the four witnesses had slightly different stories.  These little inconsistencies were what gave the jury a reasonable doubt.  I had to leave yesterday at 3:30 so I missed the verdict but I was properly informed by Brian that the Δ was found guilty of 2 of 3 charges, both harassment charges just as I had thought.  After that I worked on my project a little more, got all my files in order and started in on the spreadsheet to keep me organized.  I was intending on leaving at noon but Christian said there was going to be some interviews beginning at 1:00.  I thought that would be a great learning experience for me in the future so I sat in on one of them and learned a great deal of tips and tricks for an interview in the future.  

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