Lumberjacks the world over can celebrate Paul Bunyan’s victory in a historic criminal case—all thanks to the hard work of a New Haven fifth-grade class and a lawyer named Slick. Bunyan’s acquittal took place Thursday, the final day of a month-long mock trial run by John C. Daniels School students and teachers. Fifth graders from the school played many roles in the final day of proceedings in New Haven’s U.S District Court building on Church Street—including defendants, prosecutors, defense attorneys, witnesses, courtroom sketchers, jurors, translators, and clerks. They received advice from a volunteer team of Yale-New Haven Hospital legal staff. A real-life judge—the Honorable Antonio C. Robaina—presided over the case and took questions from the students. The mock trial began a month ago, when the Forest Service and several other government agencies sued Paul Bunyan and his well-known associate Blue the Ox for hurting the environment...
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The kids get it...and now for the adults?
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