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Not guilty!
Children's sermon
Object:
a newspaper article about someone accused of a crime
Good morning! I have here a newspaper article about a person
who was arrested and is being accused of committing a crime. Now,
before they can punish this person for the crime, what will the
authorities have to do? Can they just put him in jail because
someone says that he did it? (Let them answer.) No, they can't do
that. They will have to have a trial and prove that he is guilty.
If the jury at the trial doesn't feel that he really did the
crime, they will find him "not guilty" and he will be free.
who was arrested and is being accused of committing a crime. Now,
before they can punish this person for the crime, what will the
authorities have to do? Can they just put him in jail because
someone says that he did it? (Let them answer.) No, they can't do
that. They will have to have a trial and prove that he is guilty.
If the jury at the trial doesn't feel that he really did the
crime, they will find him "not guilty" and he will be free.
