BATON ROUGE — Capital area teenagers stepped inside the judicial system on Saturday at a Teen Court event at the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Courthouse. 

The voluntary program saw teenagers sentence other teens facing first-time misdemeanor offenses. Teenagers ranging in age from 12 to 17 took on various courtroom roles, including attorneys, bailiffs and jurors at the event.

"I've always been interested in, like law and just things of that nature," volunteer Brandon Steward said. "So I feel that I can get knowledge from here that I can use further in the real world."

Participants at the event also earned service hours for their participation.