Students re-enact court case from best-selling book

TUSCOLA – Entering and exiting the Douglas County Courthouse, the 26 students were just fifth-graders.

But inside the county's Courtroom 1, they solemnly transformed into lawyers, witnesses and court reporters. One even served as a bailiff.

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