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I took Cindy's statement as more of a general statement of "Jack, we're here to bear witness to what these people are doing" rather than just the very specific "for Juliette's verdict" although that is part of the whole thing. I don't think it's a stretch that there's a whole lot more going on than just the verdict on the island. Would the children also be brought along for a death-sentence verdict?

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I was thinking more along the same lines. But the appearance of Cindy's group also led me to believe that they might not always be on the Island or they have very good living conditions on the main Island and were only brought over for specific occassions to watch (in this case the trial, but I guess it could be any expirement really). That entire group looked very clean and neat.

But it really makes very little sense for kids that young to witness the trial. Although, maybe they just had to bring them with since I'm sure there is a lack of baby-sitters for hire.