Law & Order: Opening Statements/Prosecution's Case

[cityship]

Word of the trial had spread through the crew like wildfire. Some of the crew had already made their decision about the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Others were less certain. But all awaited the first day of trial anxiously. That day had come....

Anticipating widespread interest, one of the larger conference halls in the Precinct had been converted into a make-shift court room. Captain James T. Kirk would be presiding as judge, Nathan Petrelli would represent the prosecution, and Mr. Spock would sit across from him, mounting the defense.

Eight neutral, unbiased members of the crew had been selected for the jury: Jamie Hemeros, Arha Masaari, Chris Ramirez, Malcolm Reynolds, Diana Titov, Sir Sparhawk, Fitz Kreiner, and Cameron Mitchell. Each had been informed not to discuss the trial, even amongst themselves.

The charges had been presented to the court:

11 counts of Kidnapping
2 counts of Attempted Kidnapping
13 counts of Conspiracy to Kidnap
11 counts of Enslavement
2 counts of Attempted Enslavement
13 counts of Conspiracy to Enslave
7 counts of Attempted Murder
28 counts of Assault with Intent to Kill
35 counts of Conspiracy to Commit Murder

For the first portion, the Prosecution then the Defense would present their opening statement. After which, the Prosecution would begin to present its case and call upon its witnesses.

Security was high, following Sam Winchester's uncovered plot to kill the Yeerk despite the verdict, the command worried that violence could be just around the corner.


Let the proceedings begin....

Comments

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

The whole thing had a strong sense of deja-vu for Tobias. He had gone through it several times during the World Court's trial of Visser Three and some of the other Yeerks after the war. He didn't speak much to the others though, except his father, who he had talked about it with earlier; they had not experienced all that he had. He still wasn't sure what side he was on. He struggled constantly with his feelings and knew the others must be struggling as well. He could imagine the rest of the team split if they were here: Cassie would want the Yeerk saved, Rachel would probably want it dead, and it was harder to tell about Marco and Jake, given their respective histories.

[crazychanger.livejournal.com]

Blitzwing, on the other hand, was rather interested in the whole thing. He'd seen court proceedings often enough (usually experienced first-hand; he had a bad track record and was noticeably proud of it. He was a Decepticon, after all.) but this would be the first time he'd seen a court system different from the Autobots.
He simply didn't care. As long as something exciting happened-why not?
Icy had to suppress Random's maniacal excitement, with some annoyance, and turned to Tobias. He had to do something to pass the time, and conversation with organics was not below him. They were usually quite interesting, at least aboard this ship. Being the same size certainly changed his perspective.
"Having fun?" he said dryly, noting the look on Tobias' face. "You seem rather familiar with zis sort of thing."

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

< To a point. The courts of my world had trials for the Yeerk leaders after we defeated them. > Tobias replied, noting the robot creature's tone and attitude. He didn't see a need to get angry at the moment, but he'd be on guard.

[crazychanger.livejournal.com]

"Is zat so?" Blitzwing said, rather interested despite himself. "And vhat vas the verdict?"
He leaned back slightly, taking in what was being said. It appeared that it was equally matched, for now; Icy was pleased with both organics' logical counterpoints to each others' arguments, Random didn't care as usual, and Hothead was demanding that they get out right now because he was itching for violence (as usual.)

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

< Most were found guilty, but the sentences differed. The ringleaders were imprisoned without hosts, and some of the others who had abilities like me were allowed to pick a form they were be able to remain in and be trapped in. > Tobias replied. < Sort of like what happened to me, only not as intentional in my case. > *or was it?* he thought to himself.