A team of Main South High School students recently secured first place in the mock trial competition at Lake County Courthouse Tower.
The school was judged the best between 20 from the area which attended the 20th annual program on 24 February. Whitney Young Magnet High School from Chicago finished third, while a team from Timothy Christian School claimed another.
A panel featuring representatives of the Lake County legal community – including prosecutors, public guards and practicing lawyers – was classified to participants on their ability, presentation and effectiveness. Several judges of the 19th judicial circuit voluntarily acted to preside over the tests.
This year, teams defended a fictional trial and prosecuted, including three students, who were involved in a car accident with a municipal vehicle parked on the roadside. The case was made to emphasize the dangers of driving distracted by the Illinois Bar Association and fail to follow the law designed to slow out the motorists or to move for closed vehicles on the roadside.
Mock trial teams tried the case twice as both prosecutors and defense lawyers. The students worked as both lawyers and witnesses.
Judge Victoria Rostyy and Christon Bishop, who brought a mock trial program to Lake County in 2004, participated again this year. The program was sponsored by the law -related education initiative, Lake County Bar Association, Lake County Bar Foundation and Lake County Juvenile Officers Association.
The statewide mock trial competition will be held later this month.
The victim was identified
The office of Lake County Koroner on Thursday identified the man who was killed by a car and killed by a car as he went with the North Barrington Roadway.
65 -year -old Craig Saffron of North Barrington was killed, which was caused by an injury in an accident on the Illinois Route 22 near the Indradhanush Road. The saffron route was running with 22 when he was running an SUV by a geneva man.
The man stopped and called the police immediately. Police said the road stretch was not burnt, and Saffron wore dark clothes.
gunshot wound
The Wukegan police said they responded to a residence for someone’s call with a gunshot wound at around 2:30 pm on February 25 in the 2300 block of Greenwood Avenue. When the officer arrived, he found a 17 -year -old boy with a gun bullet wound in the thigh and calf.
While being treated at the hospital, the youth allegedly told the police that he accidentally shot himself and then disposed of the gun nearby. A police officer along with a K9 searched the area and located a unloaded semi-automatic handgun in a yard.
The youth were left in custody of his parents, and the gun was sent to the Crime Lab for additional testing.
Expo scheduled
The date of the popular first respondent expo has been announced. It will be held on May 18 from 10 am to 3 pm in Gurnee Mills Mall Parking.
The exhibition will include 45 police and fire departments, security activities, food trucks, live performances and more.
Tower 9/11 is going to be held in a free event to never forget the mobile exhibition.