Illegal Alien (2016)
“The walls were paneled in California redwood. Pringle’s bench was mounted against the back wall, beneath a carved wooden version of the California state seal. The California flag, with its brown bear, was hanging from one pole to the judge’s right of the bench, and a U.S. flag hung from another. On the bench the judge had a computer monitor, an open laptop computer, and over a dozen law books held up by black metal bookends.
Facing the bench was the defense table, on the judge’s right, and the prosecution table, on her left. Each of the tables had a computer monitor and a video monitor mounted on it. In between them was a lectern where the lawyer asking questions could stand—the days when attorneys loomed right into the witness’s face, à la Perry Mason, were long gone.
The jury box was next to the prosecution table. It held a double row of seven padded chairs; two of the alternates would sit with the main jurors. The actual jurors—seven women and five men; six blacks, three La...tinos, two whites, and an Asian—all wore bar-coded badges.MoreLess
Facing the bench was the defense table, on the judge’s right, and the prosecution table, on her left. Each of the tables had a computer monitor and a video monitor mounted on it. In between them was a lectern where the lawyer asking questions could stand—the days when attorneys loomed right into the witness’s face, à la Perry Mason, were long gone.
The jury box was next to the prosecution table. It held a double row of seven padded chairs; two of the alternates would sit with the main jurors. The actual jurors—seven women and five men; six blacks, three La...tinos, two whites, and an Asian—all wore bar-coded badges.MoreLess
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