• Police Report:

On 10-20-15 at approximately 17:00PM I was called to investigate a Cabin in the middle of the woods. Upon my arrival, I was approached by a young man who told me about the old man who had wildly killed his two sisters and who attempted to do the same to his younger sister. The man was sitting unconsciously, tied up against a pole. When I walked into the cabin, the first thing I noticed was the awful-gas smell. I walked into the basement and then to a small room, then that’s when I saw portions of body parts floating in a pool of blood. When I went back to the main floor of the cabin, I noticed medication containers everywhere in the cabin accompanied by uncountable alcohol bottles.

Theresa, the youngest sister, stated that she grew concern when she noticed that her sisters had been out of the house for quite a long time. She explained to me how she saw one of her sister talking to an old beggar, but didn’t make much of it. Later she noticed that the man came back and she asked him if he had seen his sisters. Later, woke up the cabin confused by how she got there. The suspect left the cabin prohibiting her to roam around. But eventually she found the room where she saw the bodies of her sisters.

When the old man regained consciousness, I approached him and he screamed in rage that he had killed the sisters and all his past wives. It was obvious that this man was mentally instable. I handcuffed him and got him on the car. I transported the old man to the station and processed him.

• News Article:

On October 20^th, 2015 at approximately 6:30PM beautiful Theresa was on the verge of death. After Theresa, the youngest of three sisters, noticed that her sisters had been out for long, she began to worry. She declares that she didn’t notice her older sister leave, but that she did notice her sister speaking with an old man. Hours later the old man came back and she asked him if she had seen her sisters, but he said no. After confronting the old man, she lost consciousness and minutes later she woke up in a cabin in the middle of the woods. She was confused and the man just kept telling her that she was to marry him and live with him. She remained calm and agreed to all he said. The victim told us that the man left her alone in the cabin, prohibiting her to enter a small room in the basement.

“I became overpowered by curiosity” said Theresa as she decided to go check out the prohibited room. When she opened the door she discovered a pool of blood. “I was frightened by the amount of blood, and when I looked up, I was surprised by what my eyes had seen.” Theresa had walked in to the room to only discover the body parts of her sisters many other women.” I didn’t know what to do next, ill I knew is that I had to reserve my calmness and act natural when he came back,” She told us as she was tightly held in the harms of her father. They both mourned the death of their loved ones.

“I don’t know how this happened, everything seems to be just a dream” said Julian, Theresa’s brother. He says that when he got home he saw a note that Theresa had left on the table telling him that she went out to look for their older sister and that the last she had seen of them was when they spoke to an old man. “I immediately got on my horse and headed for the woods. When I got here I saw my Theresa hiding in the bushes as what appeared to be the wedding guests made their way to the cabin.” When Theresa explained to him what she had seen, Julian immediately went after the old man, knocking him unconscious and tying him up to make sure he wouldn’t escape.

Local town’s people claim that they had never paid much attention to this old man, that they had seen him begging on the streets, but he had never harmed anyone. When the local authorities arrived at the scene of the crimes, they arrested the man and transferred him to the town’s prison.

Local authorities and judges are still debating whether or not the man should be placed in a medical institution or put on the death penalty. The unidentified suspect final verdict will be delivered next week, in our town’s Justice Hall Court House.

• Concluding Arguments:

Prosecution

Jury, let me once again emphasize the sole fact that we don’t even know of the identity of this man. We have no idea of who he is or if he has any family. What it water clear is that this man is a danger to society. From the head count he has killed 13 women, 2 of them were the sisters who lost their life last week, and the other 11 appear to be his wives according to the old man’s claims. These are the clearest rupture of the law that this man has committed and who knows how many more treacherous atrocities he has committed. After further investigation of his medications found by the police, it is clear that this man was abusing them hand in hand with alcohol. If it hadn’t been for the bravery of young Theresa, this man would be on the loose, destroying lives.

Just think for a second if one of those heads had belonged to one of your daughters or a loved relative. I’m sure that you would cringe for justice, right? So let’s give justice to the women whose lives were repugnantly snatched from them. Let’s make a humanistic call that acts like these are not accepted in our world; let’s end the despotism of violence and injustice!

Defense of accused

I just want to remind the jury that we cannot give justice through death. It’s clear that this man lost his ways, but his actions were blurred by his mental imbalance. We cannot take his life away when we know that his acts were provoked by the effects of his delusion. I understand that its harsh for the family who lost their 2 relatives last week and who are looking for justice, but all that I will say is that we if we view death as a repugnant act that shouldn’t be applied to no one, then let’s not follow and contradict our views.

Step 4:

Police report:

1. For the police report I decided to omit how the two sisters were brought back to life and the idea that the old man was a sorcerer. I added more realistic approaches like hinting at the idea that the old man was crazy due to overdosing on medications and alcohol abuse.
2. My organization followed a chronological order, where descriptions were detailed based on what I saw first and then what followed right after.
3. I tried to make the officer who wrote report seem sympathetic of the situation, but the same time maintain a professional stance on the issue.
4. My word choice in the report was descriptive and simple.
5. There’s not much logic that can be applied to the officer’s “observations,” I did however had to pretend to be an experienced police officer who has written reports before.

News Article:

1. For the article I tried to keep relevant to the police report, but I just added more characters that didn’t play a big roles in the fairy tale.
2. Similarly to the police report, I followed a chronological order of events, first describing how “Theresa” went from point a to point b and finally by taking some accounts described by the characters.
3. I tried to transmit fear by describing what had happened to Theresa, but also tried to deliver a sense a pity for what she had lived through.
4. Word choice was descriptive and natural, meaning that there’s no need to be intricately formal.
5. Appeal to emotion by describing the vulnerability of Theresa, but stressing her bravery and calmness of the situation.

Concluding arguments:

1. I focused on the old man’s culpability and his acts described in the police report and news article.
2. Organization: Stating major facts that will convince the jury of why the old man is innocent or not.
3. I tried to be respectful to the jury and I did so by treating the lawyer and the jury as authoritative and educated figures.
4. Word choice was formal and somewhat eloquent.
5. Appeals to logic by claiming why the old man should be or should not be put on death penalty. Appeal to emotion by making the jury picture themselves in the situation. Appeal to authority by pretending to be a lawyer who knows what he’s talking about.