Pick a minimum of five suspects that you would like to prosecute or defend. Here is a list of the suspects and the charges against them: (PLEASE MAKE IT ATLEAST 250 WORDS) Suspect Charges
Fate a. k.a. Fortune, "the stars," "a greater power" - Conspiring against Romeo and Juliet, making their love impossible

Love - 1. Disabling Romeo and Juliet's ability to think
2. Mistakenly leading people to believe it can "conquer all"

The Man, a. k.a. "social constraints" - Oppressing women and adolescents (thereby forcing Romeo and Juliet into desperate measures apart from legal protection)

Prince Escalus, a. k.a. Prince - 1. Allowing the feud to get out of hand to begin with
2. Exiling Romeo for defending himself against Tybalt

Apothecary - Illegally selling poison

Mercutio - 1. Starting a fight with Tybalt, thereby setting off the series of tragic events 2. Perpetuating the feud between the families

Tybalt - 1. Ignoring the orders of the Capulets and the Prince and pursuing Romeo.
2. Killing Mercutio despite his inability to protect himself

Paris - Forcefully pursuing a marriage with Juliet despite the fact that she couldn't stand him

Nurse - 1. Conspiring with Romeo and Juliet without alerting the proper authorities
2. Betraying Juliet's trust and forcing her to act on her own

Friar Laurence - 1. Conspiring with Romeo and Juliet without alerting the proper authorities
2. Faking a death
3. Promoting impractical philosophy
4. Choking in the clutch

Capulet - 1. Obsessing about parties
2. Bad parenting (refusing to listen to Juliet, alienation of daughter, blatant selfish behavior, slavishly holding onto social conventions)
3. Creating conditions hostile to Juliet and Romeo openly courting
4. Perpetuating feud

Lady Capulet - 1. Bad parenting (refusing to listen to Juliet, alienation of daughter, blatant selfish behavior, slavishly holding onto social conventions)
2. Perpetuating feud

Montague - 1. Perpetuating feud
2. Creating conditions hostile to Juliet and Romeo openly courting

Romeo - 1. Killing people
2. Holding Mercutio's arm in a crucial situation
3. Conspiring against the prince and the families
4. Moving too fast in matters of love
5. Violating exile conditions

Juliet - 1. Conspiring against the prince and the families
2. Creating her own tragedy through language
3. Disobeying parents
4. Moving too fast in matters of love
5. Faking death