Essay Archive - Defense Statement
Defense Statement
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we, the defense, have shown you that
there is no reason that George did not do the right and humane thing by shooting
Lenny and that he is innocent of all charges against him.
I agree with the prosecution however when they say that murder is
unlawful, but would you say what George Milton did was murder? He was saving a
life more than taking one. Lenny was already "dead" in a sense at the point that
George pulled the trigger. There were a lot of men with shotguns and hunting
dogs searching for Lenny, who had absolutely NO chance of....
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