Trial of Charles I
Published on 14th December
Year 4 looked at the evidence and sorted it into the evidence against Charles, and the evidence for him. We then decided which were the strongest pieces of evidence. Each of us wrote a statement about a given piece of evidence, which we then delivered as lawyers for the prosecution and the defence. Charles I, gave a speech begging for his life, and the judge summarised all the evidence. We then voted for what we thought the verdict would be. We decided that Charles was guilty of treason, but we would have sentenced him to life imprisonment rather than execution.
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