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Campside Media.

I have your letter, Council.

Good morning, Miss Smith. Could you please stick your name for the record?

Christy Schmidt, S-D-H-M-I-T-T.

Okay, thank you.

Miss Smith, are you employed?

Yes.

And what is your job?

I'm a male carrier for the Indianapolis Star Tribune.

Not long ago, I sat in a classroom at the University of San Francisco's Law School.

Watching a group of law students stage their own version of Leon Benson's trial.

The setting was a mock courtroom with a jury box and a witness stand.

And the same harsh lighting that you find in every actual courtroom.

The same overhead glare that makes everyone look like they haven't slept for weeks.

On this afternoon, Laura was playing Christy Schmidt, the prosecution's star eyewitness in the case.

Charlie, Laura's staff attorney and close colleague, was the judge.

And the student you're hearing is playing Leon's attorney.

A highly competent, aggressive and dogged version of Leon's attorney.

I'll add, which is more than Leon actually got.

And then what happened after you saw the man by the car?

I went back to filling the newspaper in the newspaper box.

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