Snow White Cleared of All Charges !!!

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From the Grand Rapids Press:

SNOW WHITE GOES ON TRIAL
Thursday, June 17, 2004
By Tara May
The Grand Rapids Press

Snow White was declared not guilty by jurors in federal court Wednesday while the dwarves slept and sneezed near the bench.

She was faced with violating the Queen's trademark, "The Fairest of Them All" by tricking the Magic Mirror into declaring Snow White the fairest.

She also was accused of mistreating her stepmother and hurting her feelings.


The defense said, "The mirror simply spoke the truth," said Brian Masternak, a partner in Warner Norcross & Judd. "Mirrors don't lie."

The mock trial, put on by the Grand Rapids law firm, was played out by the firm's partners and children of its employees as part of the fourth biannual "Take a Child to Work Day."

Partner Edward Bardelli continued his four-trial losing streak with the jurors' announcement.

"I'm just a bad mock-trial lawyer," he conceded. "But you might want to bear in mind my clients -- the Big Bad Wolf, the wicked stepmother. ... What can you expect?"

Juror Fritz Coutchie, 11, said the verdict would have been different if he would have had his way -- but he was outvoted by the other jurors.

"We both found Snow White guilty," he said, standing with 10-year-old Wendell Malone in the jury box. "She tampered with the mirror!"

The American Bar Association provides the scripts for the trial, which is intended to help children learn about the court system.

The scripts include a glossary of simple definitions for legal terms.

Valerie Simmons, a partner at the law firm, shared the bench as one of the judges keeping order in the court.

"The kids really love this," Simmons said. "They have so much fun."

The 52 smiling faces spent their day touring the federal courthouse, hanging out with their moms and dads and participating in Snow White's trial.

Past trials have put the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella on trial.

 

[Maleficent13]

What a cool idea!