1. Summarize the facts of the case, as presented by the prosecution. Include relevant witnesses and testimony.
The prosecution called upon John Adams, James Madison and Raul Grijalva. They testified that HB 2162 and SB 1070 were UnConstitutional and geared toward racially profiling persons who fit the description of Mexican or Latino.
2. Summarize the facts of the case, as presented by the defense. Include relevant witnesses and testimony.
Dorian and I as the defense called upon Russell Pearce, Jan Brewer and Robert Watchhorn. Our testimony is that it is not racially driven, since it states nowhere in the bill that it will be profiling or racially stimulated, and that it is a criminal law, not a federal immigration law. = not an international affair.
3. What was the most significant piece of evidence, in your personal opinion?
In my personal opinion, for the prosecution, the Constitution and Bill of Rights was the only way the won the case. Without that they wouldn't have set rights and natural givens, they would only have thoughts and morals. For defense, the SB and HB were definitely the most important.
4. What was the most significant argument made, in your opinion?
The one that was made multiple times by the defense is that the bill does NOT racially profile. Which I feel like we proved very well by having Russell Pearce, the sponsor of the bill read directly to the jury and audience.
5. What do you personally believe the correct verdict should be? Do you agree with the jury? Why or why not?
I think that it was an incorrect verdict. I believe that if it were based solely upon skill and presence defense should have won. But it is hard to sway a jury who already had an idea that they didn't like the bill. In real life, I don't know what I would choose. I agree with a lot of the prosecuting side, but at the same time, researching this bill I found a lot of things that I completely agree with. I think it is inhumane to let people illegally cross over and it can and HAS BEEN harmful to residents of Arizona.
Self Grade-
I would personally give myself a 60/50 for all of the nights until 1 am doing only Humanities work for the trial and constantly emailing Randy all hours of the day and night asking questions. But I suppose realistically I would give myself a 50/50 or a 49/50. I did so much work and Dorian and I held the group together by little strings while still trying to do all of our work. I believe I earned a straight A.
