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Every school competed with the same criminal homicide case. Each team competes in 4 rounds and the team is split into a prosecution squad and a defense squad. Each side of the case is presented twice by each team in a four round tournament. One student delivers an opening statement, and another student delivers a closing argument. Three witnesses are called on each side for direct and cross examination. Each student attorney and witness is scored on a scale of 1-10. Two judges score each round, and both judges have one score card to be responsible for. At the end of the mock trial each judge adds up the points he/she awarded to each student, and the side who has the most points at the end of the round wins. C-SC faced Quincy University's A team in the first round and C-SC took both cards. Next they went on to compete against St. Louis University, a nationally ranked school, and lost on both cards. They took their 2-2 record into the third round against Rhodes College who won both cards by only a few points. The fourth and final round was against Memphis University. The teams split the cards in a close match leaving C-SC with a final record of 3-5. “We finished in 14th place ahead of strong teams like Truman State, Creighton B and Mizzou B teams, University of Colorado, Northwest Missouri State, and Harris-Stowe,” said Judy Abbott, senior lecturer in criminal justice and law. “Our students went up against some of the best teams in the nation and held their own. I am very proud of their effort.” Dallas Spurgeon captured an individual award as best witness for his portrayal of Ari Finch, the chief detective in State v. Jackie Owens. Spurgeon scored 17 out of 20 points and finished in the medal round for his effort. This is Culver-Stockton’s 3rd individual award this season. For more information on C-SC’s mock trial team visit www.culver.edu/humanities/trial.com. OTHER FEATURED ARTICLES
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