Blog 12 Trial prep

opening Statement
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, we believe that the constitution has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant, Jack Merridew, is a sadistic bully without a sense humanity and/or regard for the laws and appropriate behavior that are part of civilized society. Jack chose to be a savage criminal on this island and take advantage of the fear ful little childen on the island. He disobeyed Ralph’s rules that provided structure and order for the rest of the boys on the isalnd. Ralph was the elected leader and Jack intentionally broke away from this group and formed his own tribe of savage hunters . He ruled this group through fear and physical violence. The boys of Jack’s tribe paid no attention to morals or good behavior. They simply did what they wanted to do and never stopped to say to themselves, “Is this a good way to behave?” or “is this right?”From the beginning Jack was a boy who was obsessed with hunting and killing pigs. Then he became a complete savage and the sport of hunting pigs became boring. He needed more excitement so he invented the sport of hunting and killing human beings.

Piggy evidence
1. Piggy's glasses were missing and were in Jack's possession during the time of the murder so even if he did not him self had lowered the rock he him self is an accomplice to murder which is still a crime.

2.He was chief of his tribe and his idea to install the rock trap that killed Piggy

3.Started the fire on the island which nearly killed Ralph which means he must have gotten rid of every one else to hunt down Ralph by him self

4.2 counts of attempted murder trying to kill him with the spear and and fire which destroyed the island.

5. Forced Sam and Eric to join his tribe through torture which measn he was a violent tyrant on the island



Simon evidence
1.Even though it was a group effort Jack was the one that called the attack on Simon

2. The pig head by the grove says that he is a savage by worshipngi somthing that does not exist



Prosecution witness list:
Piggy's auntie
Ralph
Sam
Eric
Robert
Naval Officer
Maurice
Defense witnesses:
Maurice
jack's parent's (2)
Percival

Questions:

Ralph: 1. Would you say he was the head of his tribe? 2. Who would you say called the attack on Simon? 3. On the cliffs who swung their spear 1rst the other person? 4.Is it true that Jack said "I'm not going to play with you any more" before he left?

Sam: 1. Did you join his tribe of your own free will or did they torture you?
2. How did Jack find out about Ralph's hiding spot 3. Would you say Jack was the leader of the savages.
Eric: 1: Did you over hear anything about Jack trying to crush Ralph with the boulder? 2: Who's idea was it to put up the boulder? 3.Did you feel that Jack established a base of fear in you after he forced to join him?

Piggy's aunt: 1: Does Piggy seem like the kind of person to make someone angry for no reason? 2. Did Piggy have a history of being picked on. 3. What is your honest opinion on Jack?

Naval officer: 1: When you saw Jack come out of the bushes did he look like he was in the position to attack some one? 2. Was Ralph armed when you spotted him? 3. Was Jack and his hunters armed?


Jack’s Parents1. Did Jack ever get in trouble at school for being a bully?2. When Jack played with other boys what kinds of games did he like to play?3. Has Jack ever been show violent behavior in your absence or in your absence?

Percival: 1. Did Jack ever threaten you? 2. Why did you join Jack? 3. Would you think the violent behavior instaled in you by Jack had any thing to do with your "amnesia"?

Maurice: 1. Why did you attack the sand castles? 2. Would you say you where forced to join Jack? 3. Would you say you are a naturaly violent person or did being on the isalnd or with Jack change you?

Robert: 1. Where you forced by any one to join Jack? 2. If you could pick 3 words to describe Jack what would you use? 3. Did you wilingly get hurt by pretending to be the pig?

Closing Statement
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the prosecution will prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the defendant, Jack Merridew, is guilty of two counts of murder. We will show that Jack Merridew was responsible for the deaths of Simon and Piggy and for possibly other things when the boys were stranded on an island without adult supervision.We will show that Jack quickly became a sadistic savage who thinks that he is a special case and does not need laws. However he is wrong and every one here is equal. He constantly fought against and disobeyed Ralph who was the democratically elected leader of the boys. He valued killing above all other activities and constantly tried to convince the other boys to follow him and not listen to Ralph.Although the circumstances surrounding Simon’s death were accidental, the prosecution will show that Jack’s behavior caused the boys to act as killers. Jack ruled his boys through fear and he made them follow him because they believed that he could protect them. We will show that Jack knew that the beast was not real but he pretended it was so that all the boys would continue to be afraid.One of Jack’s strategies to make the boys feel braver was that he created the death chant, “kill the beast, cut his throat, spill his blood.” Also Jack created the dance where a boy pretended to be a pig while all the other boys stood around him and pretended to spear him to death. It was in the middle of this crazed dance that Simon stumbled out from the jungle and all the boys fell upon him and killed him.The prosecution will also present evidence that shows that Jack was responsible for Piggy’s death. Shortly after the boys crashed, Jack broke Piggy’s glasses making Piggy even more helpless than he already was. Then Jack raided Ralph’s camp and stole Piggy’s glasses. This final act was a death sentence for Piggy because without his specs he could not see the rock tumbling down the mountain towards him that killed him.The prosecution will also show that from the very beginning Jack’s sense of un-decency was what lead him and his later-to-be followers to kill Piggy and Simon. Jack hated Piggy because he did not value intelligence and thought that only brawn on the island mattered and not brains. He was obviously wrong about this and started a fire because he wanted to kill ANOTHER person on the island. Jack had the system of thinking that its every man for him self and survival of the fittest mind set. Apparently he thought that by establishing fear in people through raw power that he could rule the island as it where a game of power. In the chant he created with "Kil the pig" he was not meaning literally he also meant to kill Piggy the chant created the behavior that lead to Simon's death and later Piggy's