Monday

Monday we went to the Old Bailey Crown Court. This court is the highest court, they hear the more serious cases like murder cases. We learned about the history and then got to sit in on a closing argument of a case. A man got his blackberry stolen then hired some men to track the guys down, when they found them they beat them up and ended up killing one of them. All the guys including the man who hired the men are being charged for murder.The closing argument was very hard to follow and was hard to understand. After the court we then went to the ISA building and listened to a professor from King's college talk about the comparison and differences between the UK and American justice systems. This was interesting to see how similar they are but also how different they at the same time. We then ate dinner at the pub in our hotel and drank a beer. Not a very exciting day but very educational.