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The Hardin County Teen Court is inviting all area high school students and their parents to attend an open house and mock trial at the Hardin County Justice Center.
“Hardin County Teen Court is an opportunity for local high school students to come together and sentence on the actual juvenile cases of their peers throughout the community,” said Hardin District Judge Kimberly Shumate.
The open house is coming up on Thursday, August 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
“If you come at 6:30, we’ll give you an overview of the program and some of our returning students will put on a mock trial experience so you can see what Teen Court might look like on any given night,” Shumate said. “It starts at 6:30 and we should be done within about an hour.”
Teen court volunteers will be trained to be the attorneys, bailiffs, clerks, and jury members in actual juvenile cases.
“Once we complete our training, we’re sworn to confidentiality, and then we begin those trial cases, and we do the jury trials on sentencing phases throughout the rest of the school year,” Shumate said. “We also have some great opportunities for networking and some social activities with the teens that come from all over our area.”
All area students willing to put in the required time are welcome to participate. Contact Judge Shumate’s office at 270-766-5004 for more information.
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