How do the professional and nonprofessional courtroom participants work together to bring most criminal trials to a successful close? What do you think a "successful close" might mean to the judge? To the defense attorney? To the prosecutor? To

the jury? To the defendant? To the victim?


Both the professional and nonprofessional courtroom participants work together to bring cases to a successful close by understanding their respective roles. Each party has responsibilities that must be met so that cases can be processed in a way that is in accordance with the law.
A judge might define success as the closure of a trial with all legal requirements met and a verdict rendered. Understandably, the defense attorney and his or her client (the defendant) might define success as an acquittal, while both the prosecutor and the victim would consider a conviction a successful conclusion. For the jury, success might mean arriving at a verdict that left each jury member feeling as if he or she had contributed to the achievement of justice for all parties involved.

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