February 08, 2008
Columbus Gets To Keep America After All
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Or, you know, maybe not. Newtown Elementary school recently held a "mock trial" debating whether Columbus discovered America or if the Indians were here first The case -- debated in front of an actual district judge -- ended in a hung jury, of course, but America was declaring victory.
Despite the hung jury, the defendant [Columbus, I guess] — played by 11-year-old Ryan Conner — felt victorious. “We had all the proof we needed,” he said after the court adjourned. “The prosecution had a lot of evidence, but they couldn't prove the Indians had a civilization.”
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