Week 6 : The Introduction

Everyday lots of disputes occur around us and sometimes they leads to the trial.  Most of conflict were solved through a civil trial and people who commit a crime are sentenced to some years in a criminal trials. It was taken for granted just accepting judges' judgments since people do not know about the appropriate punishment for the crime exactingly. However, people always had a dissatisfaction to their punishment and wanted to participated in the process of the judgement. Because they thought they have a right to participate in the trial since they are nation under the law which is used to judge and they are influenced by that law. Therefore, Korean government created a system, Civic Participation in Criminal Trials. It made people to achieve their wish to communicate with the jurisdiction and works well as the steppingstone of the national participation. Also by doing that, nations can get more acceptable judgments. With these merits, Civic Participation in Criminal Trials should exist.



1. Attention grabber -
I attracted the audience by describing a fact that trial is necessary to solve the problems occur in our societies and the kinds of trials according to the kinds of criminals.

2. Explains the topic -
I said the flaw of existing trials (it does not contain nations' opinion) and claim Civic Participation in Criminal Trials as the solution of it.

3. My thesis -
To get more acceptable judgments, Civic Participation in Criminal Trials should exist.