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A calm wood-panelled school mock courtroom with a judge's bench, two tables, a witness stand and a bicycle parked by the door as the evidence

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VerdictForge

Before anyone argues, one question decides the whole trial: who has to prove it?

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A trial runs on a handful of rules

You don’t have to memorise a law book. Every move in a courtroom follows a rule you can reason your way to — and the biggest one decides who has to prove what.

  • ⚖️ Burden of proof. The side making the claim has to prove it. The accused never has to prove they didn’t — that’s “innocent until proven guilty.”
  • 📏 Standard of proof. How sure must the jury be? An everyday dispute needs “more likely than not”; a serious charge needs “beyond a reasonable doubt.” A standard is just a bar on a how-sure scale.
  • 🔎 Relevance & hearsay. A fact is only allowed if it bears on the question, and “my neighbour told me” — repeated to prove it’s true — is hearsay, because the neighbour isn’t here to be questioned.
  • ➕ How much is enough. Strong, separate clues can build a case — but weak or connected clues can mislead. Several ordinary clues that really are separate can build past the bar.

Everything runs on your device — no internet, no accounts. The cases are made up for practice and simplified (written 2026, US-style rules; other places differ) — an intuition for how proof works, not legal advice.

Meet the crew — the rules of the courtroom

  • Burden keeps the one big rule: whoever makes the claim has to prove it, and the accused starts with nothing to prove.
  • Relevance guards the door — a fact only comes in if it actually makes the claim more or less likely.
  • Hearsay stops “someone told me” second-hand stories, because the person who really knows isn’t here to be questioned.
  • Doubt holds the bar — asking, every time, whether the evidence is really enough to be sure.
  • Gavel (mentor) is the judge, who reminds the crew that a trial isn’t two people arguing equally — it’s one careful test of whether a claim is proven.

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