In Ms. Juskaitis' 8th-grade English class, students put on a mock trial as part of their discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird on January 23. The trial determined whether fictional character Boo Radley should be convicted for the death of Mr. Bob Ewell and if compensation was owed. The students played the roles of several characters including Judge Taylor, prosecuting attorney Mr. Gilmer, defense attorney Atticus Finch, and several witnesses and jurors. The jury ultimately found Boo Radley not guilty because of an Alabama law that states "a person is justified in using physical force upon himself or a third person for what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person." Students applied some tactics they learned watching real trials at the Vista Courthouse in late November.