Due to another crazy week of a Monday holiday and having to go back to Minnesota for a funeral on Tuesday and Wednesday, today was my first day back to the internship! Kimberly Zachrison (the Deputy State's Attorney in Huron, SD) contacted me and told me she was over in Clark, SD for court today. Clark is about an hour drive for me but is a straight shot from where I live in Rockham, as you can see above. I headed over there this morning for court at 9:30 which went all morning.
As always, it was very cool to see a different court room, judge, and how they do things differently. This judge was the first woman I have seen throughout the couple courts I have been to - Which I think is pretty rare especially around this area. She seemed to be a very understanding yet fair judge, which I liked to see. I was a little disappointed in many of the cases... A majority of the lawyers just asked the judge for extensions to the next court date because they needed more time on their cases or whatever the case was. So I really didn't even hear that many cases and it went really quick. After court, I sat down and talked with Kimberly a little bit about the cases she is currently working on and I also had the pleasure of meeting Cindy Schmit who is a victim witness specialist for the Division of Criminal Investigation for the State of South Dakota out of Brookings, SD. We had a nice conversation and she gave me her business card to contact her if I ever have questions - Which is great! The connections KEEP coming :)
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