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THE TRIAL OF EZRA
 The question: Is Ezra’s sending away the foreign wives true to God’s desire for God’s people?

Courtroom procedures:
• The judge reads the charge.
• Both Prosecutor and Defense make opening statements.
• The Prosecutor calls its witnesses one at a time. After the prosecution questions them, the Defense can also question them if they wish to do so.
• The Defense then calls its witnesses and questions them, with the Prosecution then cross-examining them.
• Both the Prosecution and Defense make summary statements to the jury.
• The Jury discusses it amongst themselves and decides the defendant’s guilt or innocence.

Judge: The judge will need to read the charge and keep order during the trial.
Jury: The jury will be made up of those who do not have other parts. If you do not have enough students in your class, the witnesses can serve on the jury.
Prosecutor and Defense Attorneys will need to decide what questions to ask each witness so the story they tell supports the case they are representing


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