The Trial (Round One

[Jikanu]

The Story

June 24th, 2009.

A woman was found brutally beaten to death in her apartment. The murder weapon is a Baseball bat. A bracelet was found in the hall that the suspect used while fleeing the scene. The only other facts you'll get are those from the witnesses.

Roles

Defendant: Jackaroo
Defense Attourney: Esen
Prosecutor: Blahhhs
Judge: Kayla
Jury: Hyper, Lirange, and Triumph
Witnesses: Helion and Secbro.

Role Description

Judge: acts as the referee. you decide when the cross-examination has lasted too long, and if the lawyer is out of line. if the lawyer goes out of line 3 times in a row, you're allowed to end the trial, and have the jury give its verdict.

Defendant: Gets to either speak out for themselves as the final testimony, or stay silent. Has the end goal of staying out of prison for as long as possible. They may take a plea deal that the prosecutor offers, ending the trial and making the game a draw. This is only a last resort. They may only PM their attorney.

Defense Attorney: Speaks out for their client; gets to examine the witnesses after the prosecution does. Is not allowed to share information gained from the defendant without the defendant's consent. The attorney is only allowed to talk to the defendant to get the facts, and the prosecutor to try and get a plea deal.

Prosecutor: The opposite of the defense attourney. They may offer the defendant a plea deal. They will try to prove the defendant wrong; The Prosecutor and the defense attorney act as opposite sides of the same coin, arguing different points to reach the truth.

Jury: You're the most important people in the room. you decide whether or not the defendant is guilty. Before sending in a verdict, you must all agree, and you may talk to each other in pm's. you may not pm anyone outside of the jury.

Witnesses: The key pieces of the game, no verdict would come without these people. The Defense and Prosecution will ask them questions to try and prove the defendant either innocent or guilty. They may be liars; try to see through the lies and decide for yourselves. However, there's a minimum number of truths for every liar.

i tried to make a relatively easy this round... i'll try to make it a bit harder next one.

[Jikanu]

i'll now send out the duties of each person's role to them via PM.

[Blaaaaaaaah]

So are you the only one that knows what really happened?

[Blaaaaaaaah]

OK QUESTIONS:

1. How do we start the game. Do I just.. randomly PM the people I can PM?
2. Will you actually post up the descriptions of all roles? Because I'm not really sure what other roles can/cannot do so I feel pretty lost.. unless we're nto supposed to know.
3. How long does this game last, is there a time frame?

[Jikanu]

Yes, me and the defendant.

@ your other questions:

there is no time frame. The Cross Examination can last for any reasonable amount of time, unless you begin to get off track, or attack the witness baselessly. The judge will decide when such a thing happens. The jury can talk to one another for however long they want, too.

i'll try to get role descriptions up, too, right after i've sent out roles.

The game starts after both lawyers give their opening statements. After that, the first witness will take the stand and the prosecutor can begin cross-examination. If you have no opening statements, we'll move right on to the cross examination.

[Jikanu]

added role descriptions; The prosecution may either give opening statements, or call the first witness (Helion) to the stand.

[Ralath]

oh. em. gee.

YOU MADE BLAHS THE PROSECUTOR!?!?!?

*o*o*o*o*o*o*o8O*o8O8O8＊ｏ＊ｏ＊ｏ８Ｏ

[Esen]

The title made me wish for more AA games.

Wait, so I can PM the Defendant? Or the Defendant can PM me while I just sit here and wait for it?

[Jikanu]

the hat did... i was actually thinking she would make a good prosecuter right before that, though... o-o

the hat reedz t3h mindz.

[Jikanu]

The title made me wish for more AA games.

Wait, so I can PM the Defendant? Or the Defendant can PM me while I just sit here and wait for it?

you get to pm the defendant. talking to him is free. You also may request a plea deal at any point.