can people explain these things for the mildly curious but not in the know? we can still give advice even if we're not in it so it wouldn't hurt to help the rest of us out.
Youth Court (or Teen Court) is where rather than going before an adult judge in a traditional juvenile court, a young person referred to a Youth Court. Teens serve as the lawyers in the case, as well as jurors, court clerks, and bailiffs. Teen volunteers also choose the disposition or sentence for each case
Yeah, I had my doubts, so I was wondering if anyone who had actually done it had anything to say.
I don't think teens typically serve as the lawyers. I think very few regions do that. I know mine doesn't.
In my county, teens serve as the Jury and the cases that come are first, only for misdemeanors that TEENS have committed and second only for very non-serious issues like Graffiti or stealing a pack or gum from the 7-11. Also the punishment usually is community service and it's basically just a question of "what community service and how many hours?"
^thenerdofawesome my US history class did a "teen court." Barely learned anything...(then again my history teacher was fairly mediocre). I learned more on the court system by reading the newspaper, or Wikipedia articles.
