Mock Trial Recap and Response

In the first case between Elyse Roberts and the District of Columbia the case was about sexual harassment.  In the case defendant was found guilty of sexual harassment.  I thought the right verdict was reached by the jury.  The facts of the case lead more to the plaintiff side and could not have been more clear cut.  A key fact in the case was the fact that when Elyse Roberts told Kevin Murphy to stop he did not and when she went to her supervisor she ignored Elyse.  All she did was talk to Kevin she did not really take action.  There were a lot of other things to consider like the comments that were made by Kevin about Elyse making her very uncomfortable.  The other side did to much on the bureaus created equal, they did not focus on other parts of the case.  The closing statement the other side repeated to many things and should have turned the jury's attention to other parts of the case. 
In the second case United States vs David Jones this case was a rape case.  The defendant David Jones was accused of raping Susan Williams.  The court ultimately ruled that he did not rape Susan Williams and he was innocent. The Courts made a  unanimous decision I agreed with the ruling and thought it was fair because I thought the case was just a misunderstanding and a form of jealousy.  Some of the facts that stood out to me were that Susan said no but continued to kiss in a playful way and was not aggressive in her decision to walk away.  Susan only left the apartment after she found a note that was from Davids partner in one of his classes.  She was clearly jealous and wanted to take revenge by accusing David of rape. the facts were more leading toward the side of David Jones.  In order for the other side to have won it would have taken more evidence.
Sexual Harassment and rape are too very serious topics.  These topics can never be taken lightly because of the side effects of these topics.  People should do research on these issues and learn ways to protect themselves from these issues.  I do not think these issues happen at Deerfield High school.  I have never heard of  anyone getting raped at school or being sexually harassed.  I think sexual harassment happens at school, but i never see it so I would not know.  I believe it does not happen that much only once in a while because there are always people who will do bad things and its hard to stop that.  For one thing they are not significant problems at Deerfield High School and they never have been.  They do not need to be addressed because we are well educated and smart about what we do.